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I was looking forward to seeing that, and it was supposed to open at the indie theater here, but that apparently was scuttled and I'd forgotten about it. So, thanks for the reminder.
Just checked and it's on pay-per-view, so definetly will be checking it out.
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I remember hearing about the violence in Northern Ireland back in the seventies. It seems like everyday you would hear a short blub at the end of the news or see it in the back of the newspaper about someone setting off a bomb or a handful of people getting shot. Looking back now, it all sort of presaged similar situations our soldiers faced policing Iraqi cities. Soldiers don't make good police.
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(07-10-2015, 04:22 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: I remember hearing about the violence in Northern Ireland back in the seventies. It seems like everyday you would hear a short blub at the end of the news or see it in the back of the newspaper about someone setting off a bomb or a handful of people getting shot. Looking back now, it all sort of presaged similar situations our soldiers faced policing Iraqi cities. Soldiers don't make good police.
Christians (protestants) killing Christians (catholics) just like Muslims (Sunni) killing Muslims (Shia).
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(07-10-2015, 09:35 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Yes. Sectarian violence. Lighting bombs and sniping. Just like Iraq.
To be fair there was a lot of political and regional factors in the dispute between Northern Ireland and the rest of the country. So it wasn't just a "religious war". but the sides were pretty much divided along religious lines.