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To: Jim Noble
"...The obvious solution is two states. Any non-two state solution is fraught with problems, and the failure of either side to design or accept a unitary (and acceptable) state in 90 years makes the possibility that this will occur in the future quite remote, IMO...."

You may be right. Why not settle the question democratically and put it up for an all Ireland vote? It seems that would settle the question.
53 posted on 05/31/2006 6:53:48 AM PDT by irish_links
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To: irish_links
Why not settle the question democratically and put it up for an all Ireland vote?

Because there is no such state or political community as "all Ireland".

Why not put it to an "all-Europe" vote, or an "all-British Isles" vote, or an "all Northern Hemisphere" vote, or, best of all, an "all-English speakers vote"?

The reason is that the people doing the voting under those proposals do not form a unitary entity, suitable for such voting.

But you know that.

54 posted on 05/31/2006 11:13:05 AM PDT by Jim Noble (And you know what I'm talkin' 'bout!)
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To: irish_links; Jim Noble
Why not settle the question democratically and put it up for an all Ireland vote? It seems that would settle the question.

And what about the Unionist majority in NI? Don't they have a right not to be part of the republic?

56 posted on 05/31/2006 11:24:39 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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