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From: doherty@eosp1.UUCP (Suzanne Doherty)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: RE: Trisha - Northern Ireland
Message-ID: <1086@eosp1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-Aug-84 17:39:13 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 29 17:39:13 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 30-Aug-84 02:26:33 EDT
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	Trisha,
		I am glad you found the simulated irish accent
		irritating. For you see it is people like
		you and your hubby that enable sores like
		Northern Ireland to fester , to thrive.
		Have you ever been to northern Ireland?
		Have you felt the threat of armed tank outside
		your front door? Do you know what it's like
		to be told because your an Irish catholic you
		won't be employed even at the dirtiest of jobs?
		Sure the attitudes of the south predominatly
		are narrow and protective ones. Over 3/4's the population
		of Ireland has yet to see the degredation of
		Northern Ireland and the lifestyle of the catholic
		populace there. Why? For the same reasons people
		here in the United States never see urban 
		decay! It's something seen on T.V. but never really
		experienced until one has been there. Maybe it is
		a fear. A fear that what one has may be taken away
		if one tried to do something about it. A self inflicted
		ignorance that elicits a "hear no evil" type attitude.This 
		applies so heavily to the people of Ireland. The people there
		do not have much, so they fear for what little they
		have. Just like the U.S.. To say the catholics would be
		shooting each other if not for the english is ludicrous too.
		I honestly think you are talking off the top of your
		head and sincerely apologize if you see it as an insult.
		I truely can not agree with what you have
		stated previously and do not wish to continue
		discussing this with you. It is unfortunate you can not
		take a bit a humor and exaggerated sarcasm and to discuss
		this with you is truely not worth getting exasperated over.

						Good-Luck Trisha,

								Suzanne.