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Bush phones DUP chief Paisley

Just so long as I know there's an expert on hand to give in-depth advice and analysis, I can sleep soundly in my bed at night. *drowns in sudden metaphorical tidal wave of sarcasm.*

I have no faith in George W Bush being able to do anything about N. Ireland. Nothing at all. It is a complex situation with many different sides, about a thousand years of history and nuances coming out of every crevice. Mind you, the Rev. Ian Paisley is one of the least subtle people on the planet, so maybe they got on like a house on fire. One is a right-wing bigoted fundamentalist protestant... and the other is... much the same, actually. *briefly chokes on own Catholicness*

One day, this whole thing will be a thing of the past. Dublin and Belfast will no longer be cities drowning in a sea of blessed and holy martyrs for both sides. It will exist only in schoolbooks. That day is coming, and I hope to merciful God in all his benevolence and wisdom that I'm alive to see it happen. By the way, as far as I'm concerned, God doesn't see the world in shades of Catholic and Protestant.

The thing is, and I don't want to sound like I'm particularly coming down on the republican side, because I'm really not on any side in this, but I don't think we'll see true, lasting peace until Paisley is long gone. Not dead necessarily... but can you see him retiring? He is a relic of a bigoted, terrible past. We've got rid of the RUC, but there the reverend stands with his foghorn voice, its fingernail/chalkboard accent spewing out anti-Catholic rhetoric like it was 1680, not 2004.

And Reverend, the loyalists have their guns the same as the republicans. I'd appreciate it if they'd put them down. Then perhaps they'd be able to stop blighting N. Ireland's youth by selling drugs to pay for said guns.

I know most of you don't care about this- most people in England don't give a rat's now that the IRA have stopped blowing shit up. But I do care. I care very much, because as far as I'm concerned Ireland is the most beautiful place in the world with some of the most wonderful people in the world, and they deserve to live in peace and security. They deserve the best, just like the rest of us do. Is that so much to ask, Mr Adams/Trimble/Paisley/Blair/Bush?

You know, I'm actually now scared that Bush has involved himself at all. Last time he got involved in a country, he invaded it and allowed the looting and destruction of its greatest treasures. Going on his track record, Bush would probably end up sending marines to blow up the Giant's Causeway.

Was this my second political post of the day? What the fuck is the matter with me?

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IAN FUCKING PAISLEY?!?!?!?!?!?! *dead*