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Originally Posted by martyh
I don't want to get into the ins and outs of NI but at the time the majority of the inhabitants of what would become NI where protestants and wanted to remain part of GB ,and the Government of Ireland act passed through Parliament in the democratic process of the time so it was generally speaking a democratic process and i suspect that the troubles where largely created by the differences in perception which you have just highlighted ,Gerry Adams and yourself being on the side that see the separation as being "imposed" by the government and the other side seeing the separation as the wishes of the majority
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martyh, it is a fact and not a matter opinion, that the partition of Ireland was imposed on the population of the island by an Act drafted by the British Parliament. There was nothing "generally" democratic about how it came about or was imposed.
I suggest it would be useful if you were to read a bit more about the history of partition and the religious makeup of Ireland pre partition before posting on the matter any further. In doing so you will find that the imposition of partition isolated many thousands of protestants (7.6% of the overall population) and presbyterians living in the south of Ireland - many thousands who, I hasten to add, had no say whatsoever in the "generally" democratic process which you seem to think took place.
Additionally it's worthy of note in the context of this particular thread, that the
Act of partitition was hastened because the predomninantly protestant UVF procured weapons from the Germans with which they threatened to wage a war - defacto a threat of terrorism.