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Bern, either you are being deliberately obtuse, or you just don't get what I am saying. I'm not sure which it is, but maybe that's because you think I am a piece of female anatomy.
The point is this, we should not just remember the Birmingham 6 as sufferers at that time, we should also remember those who were blown apart or burnt to death that night too. The press, and consequently most of the public, have forgotten those victims in their rush to condemn the security forces and legal profesion for locking up 6 innocent people, allegedly. I just happen to think the real victims were those who had their lives terminated that night, and we would do well to be respectful and remember them too. Not much to ask for IMO.
The same is true for those killed in the Omagh bombing and the Asian newspaper shop owner killed in the Canary Wharf bombing.
But, if we want to heal the wounds of history, we also need to acknowledge the broader canvas on which the life of Ireland has been played out, and one could say we are reaping the problems sown over many generations. That doesn't mean we should continue in the same way. Partition was largely about protecting Churchill money in Harland & Wolff, not about doing something right for the Irish.
I am passionately republican when it comes to Ireland, which is of course, diametrically against what I want for England. I think.
There, I hope that helps. We can chat about WW1 & 2 and Vietnam wars too if you wish, but I blame the latter on the French for screwing up a nation they didn't really want as a colony.
In fact, if you think about it, our early kings were French and they started the Irish problem too. Say no more.