funny how politics always equals discussions on war. Yes it is a big deal at the moment and yes I have views on it but I dont think I would refer to americans as "them evil bastards"
When Ireland was occupied by the English we drove them out and got our country, or most of it, back. But yes terrorist means were used. Terrorism exists and depending on what side of the conflict you are on it affects you in ifferent ways.
I have family in the UK and I have been going to the UK for holidays and business for many years. I have zero bad feeling toward English people regarding the past because they shoulder no responsibility for the horrific acts that were carried out against Irish people. In fact it would surprise me greatly if most of our generation are even aware of landlordism that was inflicted by the English in Ireland.
I guess there is one thing I would like people to really accept is that a life is a life. When you look at the amount of people who died on sept 11th versus the amount of people who have died in Iraq since... well sept 11th doesnt have nearly as high a death toll.
You can only blame the people of a country for their countries actions if they re-elect their leader after a period of obvious bad decisions. Even then its difficult to blame the average man on the street for a situation that is going on in the world. If that was the case in WW2 ever German would have been put to death - but they were not responsible for the evils their leaders carried out.
As for the above comment about "killing fuck loads of muslims" I am not sure why their religious beliefs are important. Muslim or not the fact that people are dying is important.
I have read a lot of articles which seem to suggest it is muslims versus the world. I have no problem with any person who has religious beliefs but when they begin pushing it down my throat telling me their religion is the only religion, I dont care if they are muslim, catholic or whatever, they are wrong. Personally I think the western world has been more than welcoming to eastern religions. I know in Ireland there are places of worship built for such people etc and I can only imagine the reaction I would get if I arrived in an Eastern country and started moaning that there was not a church for me to pray in... I dont think I would get a similar welcome with the government building a church for me. So I think the suggestion that because of a persons religion they are treated differently or in some way targetted is rediculous.