> What do mean about some people refering to Northern
> Ireland as a "tribal problem"?
I assume Jason's talking about the tendency to overlook the political causes of the conflict and just apply a simplistic 'ancient hatreds' analysis to it.
> (Holy Crap! If this Newsweek article can be believed,
> violence against immigrants in NI has increased 20
> times since 1996.)
The caveat being that there were hardly any immigrants in Ireland (north or south) in 1996.