Easy to say now. If you were a Catholic in Northern Ireland in the recent past, subject to arbitrary harassment and systematic discrimination, you might feel differently.
In a sense, every day you wake up is one more day tacked on the those 800 years -- dozens of generations of abuse.
> If you were a Catholic in Northern Ireland in the
> recent past, subject to arbitrary harassment and
> systematic discrimination, you might feel differently.
That's why you don't let your feelings dictate your actions. Listen to your feelings, sure, but if your feelings tell you to do something stupid, shake your head and wake up.
My grandparents were born in Ireland and were children during the 1920s. They were more live and let live, but my older uncles who were of military age and more aware of what was going on had a distinct distaste for most things British.
In a sense, every day you wake up is one more day tacked on the those 800 years -- dozens of generations of abuse.