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To: Greg123456

You wrote:

“America would be less than half its size if we gave back what we took from the Spanish, the Natives, the Mexicans, etc.”

Bad analogy. 1) There are no Spaniards here (except for Americans of Spanish descent). The Irish on the other hand are in their own native land and are still Irish and always will be. 2) Most of the “Natives” are long since dead. Entire native nations died out. The Irish are still around and they are in their native land. 3) The Mexicans have Mexico - which was not the original owner of any US territory or even the secondary owner of any US territory. Before the Mexicans were a host of native peoples and then the Spanish. The Irish on the other hand were the owners from the beginning of written history and were the owners when the British invaded. They Northern Irish never ceded the territory and have never given up their claim to it.

“Every country has land they took from others long ago. Gee whiz. I know I’m biased because my homies were some of those Scots who took land from the Irish.”

And the Irish will get the land back. It is inevitable.


17 posted on 06/16/2010 2:19:17 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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To: vladimir998

As long as the protestants keep using birth control at rates higher than Catholics, the trend will continue and Catholics will be a majority by 2050. As it stands right now, the Brits are trying to figure out a way to get out of Ireland without too much violence.

18 posted on 06/16/2010 6:37:18 PM PDT by grand wazoo
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To: vladimir998
Not a perfect analogy, but you took land from the Mexicans, as a result of the 1848 war. Quite a lot of land actuall. And you took land from the native americans. The fact that they're all dead doesnt alter the principle.

Anyway, it wasnt the British who invaded Ireland. It was the Normans. Right?

25 posted on 06/24/2010 7:30:27 AM PDT by Vanders9
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