tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357027421761048480.post7095595501768290669..comments2024-03-19T02:19:27.547-07:00Comments on Gavin and Yvonne The Dancing Wiccans: Armchair StrategistsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014273051108392141noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357027421761048480.post-38478992527955431972008-06-26T22:22:00.000-07:002008-06-26T22:22:00.000-07:00I appreciate the sentiment, but it's a tad more co...I appreciate the sentiment, but it's a tad more complicated than mere religion. That's certainly it in part, but another factor is resistance to domination by the Anglican Church, as an arm of the British Empire.<BR/><BR/>The Irish are by nature free-spirited and independent minded, and unfortunately this tends to manifest in bloody ways when they are crossed. <BR/><BR/>Another more recent and far more positive development was their wise rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, which would have bound them forever to the yoke of the EU (i.e. Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, etc.), an artifice which would have compelled them to forget about quaint little notions such as national autonomy.<BR/><BR/>Blessings.SecondComingOfBasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336586430250490679noreply@blogger.com