"simplistic, insulting, ignorant, broad-brush perspective." Just saying... I've never been in the military FTR... Well if you take on face value what that drunken idiot says he served in NI but since he lies about me why should I think he doesn't lie about himself? But more to the point, even if he has that experience he seems allergic to providing cites for things he posts as fact. Facts are the same regardless of whether you were directly involved in an event or not. Someone who had served there with the constant threat of a snipers bullet or a bomb might have the view that it's you who have the "simplistic, insulting, ignorant, broad-brush perspective." Just saying... I've never been in the military FTR... Really? You're saying that the Troubles can be boiled down to a simple Us vs. Them situation, in which you're either with us or against us? That there were no individuals with conflicted loyalties, no families divided as to how strongly they held their positions, no disagreements over what level of violence was necessary or acceptable, if any? Personally, I abhor violence, and I find any violence against civilians particularly unacceptable whether conducted by a military, paramilitary, terrorist organization, or anybody else. So I have no sympathy for the people who perpetuated those acts during the Troubles, and no sympathy for the people who supported the violent ones. I do, however, see that the colonization of Ireland, with the attendant cultural imperialism and deliberate destruction of