Re: IRA (was Re: [CONTROVERSIAL]: A Defense of Terrorism)

[David Lucas <davidlu@sco.COM>]

Adam,

To answer a few questions...

<snip>

>(I forget name, but there is a non-governmental paramilitary group on
>other side to IRA in NI, occasionally there is rumor that British Army

The Loyalists tend to be either UFF (Ulster Freedom Fighters) or UVF
(Ulster Volunteer Force) plus there will be various other groups too.

>is feeding this paramilitary organisation names of IRA suspects to
>hit, to save them the trouble).

<snip>

>Some Scottish people want home rule (Scottish Independence Party?),

Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP)

>ps Paddy is generic name for an Irishman, a haggis is a stuffed part
>of sheeps anatomy, a peculiar highland delicacy, nick name for
>Scotsman, leek is a vegetable, some kind of Welsh emblem, and used as

Haggis is a stuffed sheeps stomach (I always thought that 'Jock' was the
English nickname for Scots?)

>name for Welshman.  Scots call English Sasenachs (I lived in Scotland
>for a couple of years, you get so you can understand what it is
>they're saying after a while :-)

Likewise. I've only been here 3 months and still can't understand the local
yokel accent.

--
A Scotsman living and working south of the border.

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