Londonderry mortars: Bombs 'within minutes' of launch

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7. Reminds me of the old Joke about the Troubles in Northern Ireland

A Jewish coupled opened store and one day a terrorist walked in, pointed a gun at them and asked them if they were Catholic or Protestant, they answered they were Jewish, the Terrorist responded, "A Catholic Jew or a Protestant Jew?"

Northern Ireland was (and is many ways remains) more a class conflict then a religious conflict. The poor and working Class being overwhelming Catholic, while the Upper Middle Class and what Marx called the "Petty Bourgeoisie " (Foremen, shop keepers etc) being overwhelming Presbyterian (and the 1% being Church of Ireland, a branch of the Church of England).

Notice these were tendencies NOT absolutes, for example one overwhelming Catholic area kept voting back into office their Presbyterian member of Parliament, for they viewed him as the best representative of their district (And the IRA did not threaten him, for while a Protestant, he took care of his constituents).