Originally Posted by Strange Famous

But the majority of people who live in Northern Ireland dont want to be Irish.

The moral argument, that ireland belongs to the Irish, is fine. I agree that all of Ireland belongs to the Irish, to exactly the same degree that Texas belongs to the state of Mexico. Both are base on undeniable historical crimes. But the fact is most people in Ulster think of themselves and wish to be British and most people in Texas think of themselves and wish to be American. We have to deal with the politics of the real situation and the fact that the people who are there do not want to become party of the nation their land historicallty belonged to.