What a fascinating conversation! You are all so intelligent and dedicated to your beliefs.

I must say I sympathize. I come from a small country that has been attacked for many hundreds of years, villages razed, women raped, men tortured and all taken away as slaves. A hundred and fifty years ago a famine drove my people to this country and when they tried to obtain work, everywhere were signs that said 'No Irish need apply.'

So they took on the dangerous jobs-most of them becoming cops and the heart of NYC cops is on every Irish face you see. They are still fighting, my people, and it saddens me. To fight for freedom from the Enlish is one thing, to fight over religion is shameful. The same goes for my Welsh and Scottish brothers.

I absolutely expect to walk into WalMart one day and see someone go mad
at the check out lane. There will be gunfire over the prices and the revolt will begin. Smaller packages of food and higher prices. More contaminated food and less real food because real food cost more. Young mothers on welfare that can't afford diapers anymore. And people will storm the gun section and by the time it ends there will be a bloodbath. But the prices will still be higher next week.

La-di-dah, Miss Scarlett-we're tippin' way past the point of reason or return. La-di-da