You wrote:
“Firstly, I have more experience of NI than you, who seems to rely on wikipedia polls.”
It was not a wikipedia poll. The sources should look familiar to you since you yourself cite the SAME SOURCE:
22.^ “Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 1999. Module:Community Relations. Variable:NINATID”. Ark.ac.uk. 2003-05-09. http://www.ark.ac.uk/nilt/1999/Community_Relations/NINATID.html. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
23.^ “Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 1999. Module:Community Relations. Variable:BRITISH”. Ark.ac.uk. 2003-05-12. http://www.ark.ac.uk/nilt/1999/Community_Relations/BRITISH.html. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
24.^ “Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 1999. Module:Community Relations. Variable:IRISH”. Ark.ac.uk. 2003-05-09. http://www.ark.ac.uk/nilt/1999/Community_Relations/IRISH.html. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
“I have been there, I have relatives there (as I do the ROI), so I know how the identities mesh into one another, or dont. Have you ever been to NI, or the ROI or even Britain or Europe?.”
Irrelevant. Your anecdotal info is worth zilch.
It was a sarcastic comment.
Care to actually respond to my point?.
‘Irrelevant. Your anecdotal info is worth zilch.’
I beg to differ. Having actually been to a country and met its people and seen its culture gives one a much greater understanding of the people and culture than dry facts, notions and ideas from a vantage point far away.
OK so imagine the scenario where Northern Ireland wakes up one morning and finds itself a part of Eire.
Its Garda not the PSNI and the Irish Army and not the British who are on the ground.
What do think is going to happen ?
Anecdotal evidence is the main driving force for all political opinion in NI.