I have Irish parents and I am also a Catholic, I also spent three tours of duty in North Ireland fighting the IRA and to a lesser extent their Orange counterparts the UDA and UFF.
Generalization is a dangerous thing to do.
Hear, hear - well said that man!
Now the IRA/Sinnfein (same thing!) claim to have renounced terrorism, I wonder if they will stop peddling drugs to their own communities, robbing banks and knee-capping local car thieves. . . .
I have gained a whole new level of respect for you.