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If I uhm... I only think we should do this because..
the two questions were in effect the same and both very well phrased.
And because I never like to miss out on a chance
to congratulate someone on being humourous if only unintentionally,
for it is very touching for Tony to say
that he recently went to a meeting to bridge the religious divide in Northern Ireland.
Well, where does the religious divide *come from*?
400 years and more... 400 years and more – in my own country of birth –
of people killing each other's children, depending on what kind of Christian they *were*,
and sending eachother's children in rhetoric to Hell,
and making Northern Ireland the place most remarkable in Northern Europe for unemployment,
for ignorance, for poverty and for – I would say – stupidity too.
And for them to now say: 'Maybe we might consider bridging this gap?'
Well, I should bloody well think so.
But... I don't see how...
Well, if they'd listened to the atheist community in Northern Ireland – which is a real thing –
and if they'd listened to the secular movement in Northern Ireland – which is a real thing –
and I know many people who suffered dreadfully for membership in it.
Not excluding being pulled out of a car by a man in a balaclava and asked:
"Are you Catholic or Protestant?"
He said: "A Jewish atheist, actually."
"Well, are you a Protestant Jewish atheist or...?"
You laugh!