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Blue_true

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4. I don't think that would be a good idea.

Reply to rickyhall (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 29, 2021, 11:12 PM

Mar 2021

Like it or not, Northern Ireland is constitutionally (makeup) different from Ireland, even as many NI citizens share a religious grounding with people in Ireland.

Protestants in Northern Ireland are still and will continue to be a large group. An attempt to merge NI with the Irish Republic would lead to a massive bloodbath. It is better if Catholics in NI use their political power to become fully franchised citizens of that country.

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Parallels between Georgia and Ireland. [View all] anamnua Mar 2021 OP

K&R...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2021 #1

It would be cool if the Catholics could vote themselves into the Republic. rickyhall Mar 2021 #2

I don't think that would be a good idea. Blue_true Mar 2021 #4

With changing demographics this looks quite possible in the next few years. NT anamnua Mar 2021 #7

What's the Driver License Rule? If you are talking proof for absentee ballots, Hoyt Mar 2021 #3

I really get turned off by the posts that attempt to make Blue_true Mar 2021 #5

There are many ways around the GA law. Interestingly, I had a post hidden Hoyt Mar 2021 #6