Any thoughts

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Be ye certan yer nae red-haared?Who, exactly, would be making room in the barn for me? Were it yourself, coun' me in, lass!

You'll be grand and warm in there with d goats!

Hmmmm....she-goats?

Just kidding :grin:

i loves you guys!!!! your so cute lol ^.^ im in such a good mood!!and to the O.P, do whatever your heart tells you to. if you feel like you can be with the girl in canada, then by all means, GO FOR IT!!!!

LOL! Ash, I've probably seen "The Quiet Man" too many times.

**that should get star going** :wink:

hehehe ^.^

No indeed - will not rise to such nonsense! Have you seen 'The Field' by the way, great film from a great play..

Well have you come any closer to a decison? How are things going now?

Don't believe I have....will look for it.

Oh you should really, it's an increadibly powerful film. Richard Harris plays the lead role, and it is based on an original play by John B Keane.

hey im english and i don't really want to get political but i don't get ur attitude towards britain, what happened in the past happened in the past, britain isnt trying to get RoI to become british anymore!

If you want to discuss this further you can pm me about it, since it dosent belong on this thread anyway. I'd appreciate if you educated yourself on the matter first though, at least to some small degree. Your assertion that all this is past is clearly nonsense, as one quarter of the island of Ireland is still governed by a foreign power, against the wishes of the majority of Irish people, as is evidenced by the fact that the Irish nation has rebelled against that forcible governance in every generation since the plague of colonialism first infested these shores.

I'd like to make it clear though, that I have nothing against English people as individuals, otherwise I wouldnt have had a child for an English man, nor number several English people among my friends today. You cant hold people responsible for the behaviour of their ancestors.

But I do resent the continued presence of England in Irelands affairs, and I do hold the English policy makers (Tony Blair and co) responsible for that. I think he ought to do the decent thing and withdraw his countrys interests from ours. I think somewhere along the line (probably not in my lifetime) one of your prime ministers will see this situation for what it is, and should I be alive to see it, I will have a great deal of respect for the politician who comes to that conclusion.

The U.S. told them to take a hike. I'm not sure what's up with Canada...they seem to like being subjects. It's too bad you guys don't have the benefit of great distance from your colonizers that the U.S. had.

It's not as simple as that, Steve, because the majority of people in Northern Ireland (as opposed to "the majority of Irish people") want to remain in the UK. When that changes (which may not be too far off), I suspect the British government will be only too happy to get out. I think most people now feel the partition of Ireland was a mistake, but it was done.

My avatar characters are English.

Well Steve, we seem to be breaking new ground here.. we are in agreement! I've always thought; fair play to the yanks for kicking their arses back where they belonged! But I'd like to reiterate, I've thought a lot of individual English people in my life and totally loved a northern Irish protestant at one stage. I wouldn’t want anyone to think I would write anyone off because of their background because I wouldn’t and haven’t, and have actually argued my corner for my right to befriend/like/love somebody because of who they were, and to hell with the begrudgers.I'd just like to again make the point that this is not "past", and this will never be "past", until there is a full ‘british’ withdrawal from the island of Ireland.

Firstly, I'd like to ask why you feel a need to put forward any example of opposition to the feeling of the majority of Irish people?And as to "the majority of people in Northern Ireland"; that is hardly surprising, considering the 'majority' you're talking about are the direct descendants of 'british' colonists. As to “most people feel it was a mistake” – nobody feels that more keenly than the Irish.

How about the Argenitnes, the British, and the Falkland Islands? Isn't it a similar situation to Northern Ireland?

No offence intended Steve, but that is a staggeringly ignorant 'question' if you could even call it that!

As they see it, the Argentines want the British out of their country, and off their territory. It's all a matter of perspective. I suppose the Palestinians feel the same way about Israel, and many Iraqis likewise about the U.S. And what about Greek Cypriots and Turkey? Not to mention Syria's de facto occupation of Lebanon (didn't they say they were leaving?).