first of all i want to say thank you to the people on here that can talk with a bit of sense and reasoning. i’ve been catching a few comments on news sites today and i’m really surprised at some of them and can understand why for some part they make them.
But unless you were living/born/worked/visited n. ireland for any length of time throughout the troubles you would never truly understand why martin mc guinness did what he did before becoming into the political/first minister side of things. i’m not going to dig into irish history and politics here, and i do not support him.
the man stood up for a suppressed group of people who were being unlawfully killed/discriminated against, for being of a different religion. had they done what they did (the british and loyalist forces) now in luton or birmingham because there were opposed to muslims, you can imagine the shitstorm. It was an ugly , depressing time to be in n.ireland and it held the country back so much.
It is a lot better here now, and things have moved along really well,but there will always be the deep rooted hate in all sides from the small minded people and political parties.