Originally Posted by Mr Angry

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.