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H2O Man

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21. Well,

Reply to Attorney in Texas (Reply #20)

Fri Nov 20, 2015, 08:13 PM

Nov 2015

I am Irish. And I like Yoko's book, "Grapefruit." So I'm not sure how to answer ....

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Were Irish Catholics and Northern Irish Protestants attacking each other fighting over autonomy and [View all] Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 OP

Either way, we accepted a lot of their refugees during the Troubles. Brickbat Nov 2015 #1

Not so much? Spider Jerusalem Nov 2015 #11

Does anyone believe ISIL's beheadings is... an effort to promote Islam? YES snagglepuss Nov 2015 #2

However, the more we have been hearing about the lives these terrorists lead, they smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #7

It's their Islam in the same way Iran has it's own Islam which differs snagglepuss Nov 2015 #15

Don't they all forbid living like a drunken slob who has no knowledge or smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #17

Respect for their religion is a loaded term. Many Muslims believe that leaving Islam is snagglepuss Nov 2015 #19

A caliphate is a governmental unit. The creation of a caliphate is the promotion of the caliph and Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #9

Really what are you smoking? The purpose of the Caliphate is to impose snagglepuss Nov 2015 #16

A Mullah, an Imam, or an Ayatollah can impose Islamic law. A Caliph acting within his Caliphate Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #18

Well, there is an ethnic component to that one as well KamaAina Nov 2015 #3

Depends on when they were fighting. Warren Stupidity Nov 2015 #4

Remembering past election cycles, Nixon with Vietnam and Downwinder Nov 2015 #5

The troubles in Northern Ireland were and are economical. TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #6

Yes, my understanding was that it was mostly ethnic, political and economic and smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #8

I've always referred to the 2 sides a Scot and Irish. TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #12

Agreed. It was a bloody dispute where neither side believed that a car bomb was the best technique Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #14

Apples and grapefruit. H2O Man Nov 2015 #10

Are you calling the IRA or ISIL "apples"? Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #20

Well, H2O Man Nov 2015 #21

You can probably get away with some vague reference to Matt Damon's character in Good Will Hunting Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #22

True. H2O Man Nov 2015 #23

I've got blood in "The Troubles." hunter Nov 2015 #13

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