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Difference being that whilst US settlers ethnically cleansed and murdered native Americans without provocation, whilst importing millions of slaves to work the land that they stole, conflict in the British Isles between English and Irish is very much six of one, and half dozen of the other.

England Norman rulers first intervened at the request of a deposed Irish king who had sought refuge in Bristol, he had the support of the Pope and quite rightly wanted his land back! Rather foolishly other local chieftans (they all had the nerve to call themselves kings) had other ideas and decided to take on the Normans. Oops!

Any way, "my" government does not act in my name, it acts against me. It steals from me, it brutalises me, it forces me to accept things I do not consent to. I am in the same boat as Paddy. Which makes it all the more annoying when Paddy comes here and plants bombs in the pubs where I drink and the streets that I walk.