Why did I think this crap was over?
Because of the cease-fire from 1997. There have still been shootings and bombings, but it hasn’t garnered as much attention, probably because this is the first deaths from such action in several years.
What I don’t get... and I have been studying church history for some time - and am fully aware of the Catholic/Protestant fighting and arguments in the British Isles.
But what I don’t get - Britain no longer exercises a strong arm in telling Northern Ireland what religion they have to follow - and in fact, though the “Church of England” is still the “official” state church in England proper, there is no longer a mandate for anyone to exercise any particular religious flavor.
Yet these folks, the product of over 10 generations, just want to fight.
I have tried to put some logic to it... and I just can’t. I guess terrorists are just terrorists - but this also gives me some indication of the real “hearts” of those still pushing violence among the IRA. Catholicism is just an excuse. There is absolutely nothing Christian about the IRA’s actions. So what are they REALLY fighting for?