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Old 12th December 2012, 11:25 PM   #149
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Originally Posted by Corsair 115 View Post
I'm sure posters residing in the U.K. could post an extensive list of terrorist acts committed by the IRA. But for some reason those are never given the same weight as terrorist acts committed by Muslim extremists. My cynicism chalks that up to the fact that the targets of IRA terrorist attacks were not Americans while the targets of Muslim extremists often are.
You call that cynicism? (I'd go more for jingoism, but that's an argument for another thread...)

Cynicism tells me the reason that the issue isn't raised as often is because the Irish aren't that dusky beige color.
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