[Androcles]

Re your comments on my quote:
"I've spent time in Northern Ireland during the troubles and the land deserves to be free."

You've both got the wrong idea due to my sloppy phrasing. I meant free from bloodshed, violence and terror. Nothing else was implied. As to where they eventually land politically, I care not as long as it is peacefully arrived at with the support of a majority and the preservation of fights for the minority.

[Androcles]

oops - now there's an embarassing typo:

As to where they eventually land politically, I care not as long as it is peacefully arrived at with the support of a majority and the preservation of fights for the minority.

Obviously that should be "...preservation of rights..."