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Justin_Beach

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11. I haven't been there but

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 03:28 AM

Dec 2012

from what I understand, Ireland - despite it's bloody history, has very few monuments to soldiers - the public statues are of artists, poets, authors, musicians (and the public buildings are named after artists and politicians). There are memorials to the fallen, but no monuments to killing or combat.

I also think, or hope anyway, that as the GOP continues to fall apart that the Dems will drift back to the left. The new generation, under 30, are voting in larger numbers and they believe in peace, the environment, equal rights and social justice.

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