Then again, my Catholic and Protestant ancestors were killing each other, so, at some point, I might end up suing myself. And my German ancestors killed my Celtic ancestors. It just gets to be too much of a headache.
If someone wouldn't mind phoning the House of Commons for me, let them know I'll settle for a couple million pounds (NOT DOLLARS!!!! This money's got to last!). Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
As far as Drew's ancestors, they were actually allowed to immigrate into a prosperous, democratic country and make a decent living for themselves and their descendants.
Plus, Ireland recognizes (and if not it did last time I heard) the right of grandchildren of emigrants to get Irish citizenship. So even the Irish who emigrated to the US between the two world wars (again, being allowed into a free country to make a living for themselves) escaping poverty in rural Ireland (viz. Frank Mc Court) have not lost their original citizenship.
Now tell me again how stateless third-generation refugee-camp dwellers of today are in any way comparable to the people of the British Isles...?
(Similar arguments apply to the Huguenots, the Pilgrims...) guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
