Whilst I believe that neither genetics nor linguistics shall lead to the elemination of the centuries old differences between the English, Scots and Irish, there is, at this moment, a movement underway in Northern Ireland which promises to unite the combantants envolved in the euphamistically named, Troubles.

Scientific and scholarly approaches are difficult for the common person to understand, much less agree with, but this movement revolves around cash, cold hard cash, a commodity easily understood by peoples of any political or religious persuasion, or social status.

That the participants have almost forged such a momentous agreement is truly encouraging for a resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and perhaps elsewhere.

Please see the attached Guardian Unlimited article:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...028055,00.html

Bob