Full disclosure: I am from the South of Ireland (i.e. the Republic).
I actually have always agreed with your outlier opinion, but you need both countries to be in the EU to make it work (shrug).
You are not counting the appropriate people in your study. A pretty large majority of people in the Republic would like to see the North become part of their country.
However, our opinion is less important than the opinions of the people living in Northern Ireland, and in that part of the island, there is not a strong majority for re-unification.
Like my original point is what the Good Friday/Belfast agreement states, so I'm not sure why you're disagreeing with me.
I’m talking more about decolonisation. If you steal something it was and is never yours to begin with. GFA was only necessary because of colonial history and continuing attitudes and the power games that come with them.
There is one school of thought (which the GFA falls under) which is what’s happened in the past is legitimate and we have to work from where we are and there is another which is that the colonial past is illegitimate and therefore any gains are also illegitimate and most be returned to their rightful owner.
I don’t subscribe to either necessarily but seeing as continuing prevailing attitudes among the colonial elite haven’t changed one bit I think we have no choice but to confront them gloves off style. It’s literally stealing our collective global future.
How far back do you want to unwind? Should all non-aboriginals be disenfranchised or removed from Australia? At some point you have to work with things as they are and move forward.
I actually have always agreed with your outlier opinion, but you need both countries to be in the EU to make it work (shrug).
You are not counting the appropriate people in your study. A pretty large majority of people in the Republic would like to see the North become part of their country.
However, our opinion is less important than the opinions of the people living in Northern Ireland, and in that part of the island, there is not a strong majority for re-unification.
Like my original point is what the Good Friday/Belfast agreement states, so I'm not sure why you're disagreeing with me.