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Nobody's really threatening anyone yet but the UK and Ireland doing what they can to allow the open border status quo to continue between NI and Ireland because
by throwaway0a5e 6y ago
Nobody's really threatening anyone yet but the UK and Ireland doing what they can to allow the open border status quo to continue between NI and Ireland because to do otherwise would be to conspicuously wipe their ass with the good Friday agreement and few on either side really wants that.
They're not worried about a shootout. They're worried some irate person gets in fisticuffs with a customs worker in a manner that creates a viral video that creates political problems.
- hardlianotion 6y agoThey say they are worried out customs workers being targeted by ultra loyalist groups. There are claims of shadowing activity and threats made to workers.
- me_me_me 6y agoMoral or not, a few carbooms under british politicians' cars would certainly motivate them to actually solve the mess that they created.
- ben_w 6y agoI doubt that. The Brighton Hotel bombing that targeted PM Thatcher and killed an MP didn’t seem to result in very much for the IRA, and the Good Friday agreement was 13.5 years and a change of governing party later. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_hotel_bombing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_hotel_bombing
- hardlianotion 6y agoEdit - pointless comment removed.
- drcongo 6y agoYou're right. It would be much more helpful if it suggested some targets.
- me_me_me 6y agoIll just reply since I cannot edit. I am in no way inciting to violence or murder or car bombing. It was a sarcastic, facetious comment about possible way to put pressure on morons that reignited the coals of the past. Organising a peaceful protest or mass petitioning is a way better approach to keep the ghost of old IRA in the past.