<<Hence the progressive case for supporting "captive nations." A provisional list would include Palestine, Kurdistan, Timor, Tibet, Taiwan,
Chechnya, Northern Ireland, Southern Sudan, and Kosova. Maybe Manchuria and Sinkiang (sp?). >>
Enrique Diaz-Alvarez wrote:
<<How about the protestant majority that would itself become a captive nation within this hypothetical Northen Irish nation? >>
Actually, "Northern Ireland" (the 6 northeastern counties of Ireland) is not itself a nation.But if the "hypothetical Northern Irish nation" were to become independent the Protestants would still be the majority there. Indeed, an independent Northern Ireland has long been the fallback position of the more hardline Protestants in the event that the union with Great Britain cannot be maintained.
K. Mickey