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Edited by Dustin:
3/8/2013 3:17:02 PM
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Should the UK allow North Ireland to secede?
I'm not saying I care either way if North Ireland breaks away to join Ireland, but even though the slight majority of North Ireland doesn't want to leave, it was because of so many unionists (those wanting a united Ireland - apart from the UK) left the country to Ireland. And as well as another exodus of the British to North Ireland.
The reason they want to secede is because of the way the British treated the Catholics (now unionists) and so they want absolutely nothing to do with them.
Also one more question: Should the IRA (Irish Republican Army) be labeled as freedom fighters or terrorists?
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Edited by YerSpookyGrandad: 11/4/2015 7:47:19 PMAs an Irishman an I can safely say that this won't happen. Loyalists and IRA scumbags will always be at each other's necks and innocent people are being caught up in the fight. A united Ireland would be great, yes, but the tension and divide would still be there. Both the Orangemen and IRA are terrorists in my eyes. In Spring next year the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising will only add fuel to the flames of hate. If you really want to see the hate, tension and divide up in the north, look up the Orange Order Day in Ireland on YouTube.
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If they really wanted to a a the majority voted to leave then that should be honoured. However if you look at the state Ireland's in and the state the UK's in, they're better off in the UK. And yes the IRA were terrorists
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1 ReplyIt should be up to the people of northen ireland to decide their own future. [quote]Should the IRA (Irish Republican Army) be labeled as freedom fighters or terrorists?[/quote] Terrorists, they bombed non combatents on purpose in a campaign of terror against the British people.
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Edited by MrDw1998: 1/27/2015 10:10:56 PM
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I'd want Wales to break away, but we can't. Been governed by England ever since. -blam!-.
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Of course, but whose to say they don't want to stay with Britain?
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Of course.
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If they vote to stay, then they stay.
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If N.Ireland held a referendum to leave the UK to join Ireland then the UK would honour that. I mean Scotland is vastly more important than N.Ireland and the government is allowing them a chance to break free and become independent. Right now the majority of N.Irelanders even the Catholics admit they are better off with Britain than they would otherwise be with Ireland.
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I dont think the UK should have a choice in it, if the people in that area want that, then they should be allowed to, otherwise they dont have true freedom.
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To the title's question, yes, I think North Ireland, if it were allowed to unite with the Republic of Ireland, has sufficient independence to be considered a self-determinant state, and is probably better suited to unison with the rest of Ireland than Great Britain, to be honest. Also, on the final question (I'm not sure about the specifics, but) the two are not mutually exclusive: freedom fighters can also be terrorists.
