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> British police and military were killing Irish people in the north around 30 years ago. Technically most of the residents of NI were British citizens at the
by disgruntledphd2 4y ago
> British police and military were killing Irish people in the north around 30 years ago.
Technically most of the residents of NI were British citizens at the time this was happening.
Additionally, it wasn't just the British engaging in violence, there were at least three sides (nationalist/loyalist/government).
> The north is still under British occupation
I'm pretty sure that I could find a lot of people (almost certainly a majority) of NI residents who'd disagree with this statement.
> When that ends and the island is re-unified,
I hope (as someone from the Republic) that this happens, but we'll need a bunch of planning and time to make sure this doesn't turn out like Brexit (a close result leading to lots of problems over the following few years).
- ClumsyPilot 4y ago>> killing Irish people in the north around 30 years ago. > residents of NI were British citizens at the time That's how it works for every independence movement - a smaller entity asserts it's right to exist outside the boundary of a larger one. Fighting smaller entity is self-harm by the larger entity. Look at the Chechen war in Russia, it was the same.
- disgruntledphd2 4y agoAh no, the Irish situation is very very different. For a start, the Ulster Protestants were the majority in NI until this year (100 years after partition). And while I (as an Irish person) would love to see a united Ireland, I completely condemn the violence that was used to attempt it. Again, I understand why it happened, but 3.5k deaths over 30 years was not an acceptable price to get to the negotiation table (essentially repeating a deal that was shot down by the Unionists in 1972).