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People like you paid for those bombs.


You're Damn right we did. At least I did. And so did most of the New York Irish I know. We gave tons of money to NORAID and the Provos during the Troubles. We gave freely and proudly. And we'll do it again if Adams and McGuinness decide that the political road is a dead end. Anything to kick the sassnach out of Ireland once and for all. You Limeys were warmongering imperialists long before there was a United States. There is neither time nor space to recount the long history of how Britain Raped, Enslaved and Brutalized the Irish, and Willie would probably do a better job of it than me. But, after centuries of abuse at the hands of the British, any acts of the Provos are more than justified.

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Gee, but 9/11 sucked, didn't it?


What did we do to deserve 9/11? Defend the right of the State of Israel to exist? Station troops in Saudi Arabia to protect the "Birthplace of Islam" in the event of an attack by Sadaam? Those were Osama's stated reasons for attacking the US and, like all terrorist logic, they're pretty weak. There is NO way you Limeys can compare the two, and to insinuate, like so many Limeys have, that somehow New York got what it deserved is pure hypocracy. I lived through 9/11 in New York. I had friends die in the towers. I have other friends, firefighters, who will never be the same after what happened. And I had a member of my family who, like so many other New Yorkers, joined the Marines in response to 9/11. He was killed in Iraq last month when his helocopter was shot down over Anbar. Don't you Dare go comparing 9/11 to the Troubles, or imply that we somehow deserved it. The British, Ivor, brought their troubles upon themselves. (No pun intended.) Not New Yorkers.
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"When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember that you set out to drain the swamp" -- HST