Re: [OT] I hate being American

From: Mark Fergerson (nunya_at_biz.ness)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:20:10 -0700

John Woodgate wrote:

> I read in sci.electronics.design that Mark Fergerson <nunya@biz.ness>
> wrote (in <2kZAd.24799$Cl3.6946@fed1read03>) about '[OT] I hate being
> American', on Thu, 30 Dec 2004:

>> And we know why there are so many "Irish-Americans", don't we; look
>>how well your government treated the Irish historically, and treats the
>>few that remain.

> That last bit is way off.

   I take it you have no issues with the remainder of my rant?

> Most of Ireland is a separate country, of
> course, that has done very well indeed out of EU membership.

   Why not all of it?

> The
> remaining problems with the Six Counties are now very clearly down to
> the political representatives of the majority of the inhabitants, not
> the British government. This is democracy at not-work.

   Strikes me that's a problem for the Irish to solve. But
they won't solve it soon because of two other problems; they
have long memories, and some terrible things to remember.

> The Reverend Ian Paisley has the same attitude as Yasser Arafat, and the
> only solution may be the passage of time.

   If it isn't solved ballistically first. But that would
just be another terrible (in some people's minds) thing to
remember.

   Memories can be such good and bad things. Oh, well.

   Mark L. Fergerson

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