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  • I’m not going to argue further with this aggressive babble. We had issues with Northern Ireland very recently and I do not want any of that to come back any time soon. Brexit didn’t do shit, those tensions have been around for decades. It’s absurd that you think I’m the one disconnected from the situation when in Ireland, Mary Lou has been lambasted for these reunification comments. And no, they don’t want to leave the UK. Go to Northern Ireland. It’s a strange place with strange people, and what they want is not what you want.


  • What does it achieve to unify now? A sizeable portion of the population actively opposes it, and besides that the Northern Irish economy is largely dependent on the British government, meaning that there would be significant cost to the Irish state were they to begin managing the north counties. They chose a century ago to remain in the UK and despite an almost complete lack of acknowledgment from the general British population fiercely defend that decision. It’s about more than just religion, though that can be a common grouping of the different factions.








  • Of course, crime is higher in a more unequal, less stable country. And guns are not the only means of committing crime. But the difference that guns make is noticeable when comparing to countries that share a similar HDI, that are stable and have lower reason to commit crime. That’s why I mentioned Britain earlier, as it’s one of the more similar countries to the US. I do concede that whilst gun deaths are higher in America relative to Western Europe, perchance a large proportion of the difference (but certainly not all) can be attributed to the more aggressive culture.