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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (252720)	6/14/2014 12:13:44 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540706

All wars and mass slaughters in history have religious causes My God is more Holy than yours, and I'll kill you to prove it.. Why the answer is atheism Once the hocus pocus is extinguished, folks can learn to get along

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (252720)	6/14/2014 12:20:10 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 540706

What we worked so hard to end in the 60's, the inability of people to decide who and what they wanted to be.. Giving people a choice to manifest their destiny. I don't know how many understand that even today. <You could not decide whether you were a Nationalist or a Unionist, rather this decision was already made for you. "There is wide debate over whether Northern Ireland was a religious war, with some arguing instead that its motivations were political. While this is true to an extent, it ignores the fact that people did not choose which side they were on, they were simply born into groups. You could not decide whether you were a Nationalist or a Unionist, rather this decision was already made for you. It depended on what religion you born into. This is explained in the video above far better than I ever could.