[Capriole]

Happygal, if I have made a mistake about the reactions of the Irish people, please educate me! Heavens, I don't want to believe that the land of my forebears (through a thin strain on my mother's side) is altogether arrayed against us! I have not only read of Irish opposition to America's actions but have heard the reports of my friends who went hunting there this winter, and it was dismaying. I only wonder, is it possible that all the Irish people oppose what the newspapers say? Can the papers survive economically if what they write doesn't reflect the views of the readers at all? I welcome your instruction on this because it's a grief to me, to think that Ireland too despises us.

[Happygal]

I'm an Irish journalist.

I know what to tell people. And I know what buys and sells papers over here.

I am telling YOU...you are trigger happy, reactionary.

Read a bit, and test the waters before making the ideological *LEAP*.

(I actually doubt you are the big shot you profess to be on these threads...Most American business men, are FAR more discreet!)