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07-28-2005, 04:22 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | IRA gives up campaign of violence after 30 years
The IRA today announced its calling a halt to its campaign of violence which they have been using to try and achieve their aim of a united Ireland for 30 years and have said they will only follow peaceful means to get their aim.
Link --> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4720863.stm
I think this is a huge step forward in the peace peace process if the IRA keep their word and if the unionist can be given satifactory proof to back the IRA's words. If this happens I believe progress will be made.
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07-28-2005, 04:51 PM
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#2 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | Well it's a start, eh? My knowledge of the relationship between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is quite hazy, but didn't the latter basically tell the north that if they didn't put an end to their violence, there wasn't a snowflake's chance in hell that they'd ever reunify? | 
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07-29-2005, 12:23 AM
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#3 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I did a project about Northern Ireland at school. Really, they make out as if they're doing something good now but we beat them ages ago. 
I've never understood the whole thing there, why do they bother? I mean really!
But yeah, I'll believe it when I see. Those pricks have said it all before. I know this American (well I know several..about 20 ) and her employer is also American and livin' in Britain for..well, I don't know his life story but ANYWAY, when London got hit he said "Oh that's good, at least they know what it's like now" You'd think I'd be angry but I laughed in his face because he proved how completely ignorant he was. And this IRA thing just reminded me of that. So there you go. 
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07-29-2005, 12:40 AM
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#4 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | Jesus, was that dude living under a rock?!?! What a clueless git!
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07-29-2005, 12:52 AM
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Country: | See, that's why a lot of people dislike Americans because unfortunately that man could have been the only American someone had ever met and then well <shudder> .
Luckily, I have a diverse collection of Americans that I know from Texas to Illinois, California to New York. And Canadians from Vancouver (he was on my basketball team) to Nova Scotia.
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07-29-2005, 04:32 AM
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#6 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | Besides me (not that you really know me  ), who do you know from Nova Scotia? Who knows? Maybe I know 'em.
Yeah right. | |
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07-29-2005, 04:46 AM
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#7 | | Senior Member
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Country: | A girl I used to work with called Gemma Lawerance, she lives in Britain now. She moved here when she was 16.
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07-29-2005, 06:26 AM
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#8 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | I talk to a few Americans on MSN, and theyre so much nicer to me that British people for some reason!
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07-29-2005, 06:30 AM
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#9 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Oh man, I banged Gemma a couple of times on a Summer Hockey Tour in NS back in 1997... Hows she doin dude???
I remember she used to have the greatest.........
And thank God that the only American people over there meet isnt me...
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07-29-2005, 07:56 AM
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Country: | Oh man, she'd have been 11 in 1997. 
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07-29-2005, 09:08 AM
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#11 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | :lol 
the only people outside of England that i ever speak to are you guys........
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07-29-2005, 10:32 AM
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#12 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Well you certainly have a "diverse collection", as plan_d would say, of us yanks!
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07-29-2005, 11:27 AM
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#13 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | - What always made me sick were Irish - Americans who supported the IRA. 
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07-29-2005, 11:38 AM
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#14 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | I've heard that a lot of those people were in New York. | |
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07-29-2005, 12:23 PM
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#15 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Yep - Ignorant Arseholes! I did know one guy who went to Ireland (including Northern Ireland) for a high school graduation present. When he returned he came back 180 out, threw away all his IRA paraphernalia and never talked about the IRA again!
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