Nik wrote in message . ..
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 22:06:20 +0000 (UTC), "Howard Beale"
wrote:


"Nik" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 19:09:33 +0100, "Paul Carr"
wrote:


"unki" wrote in message ...

"Wifey" wrote:

Do you perceive yourself as a moderate, liberal, conservative,
anarchist,
or radical?

Neither, I guess I am kinda of libertarian more or less, coming from an
old
socialist agenda in that I believe that healthcare, education and
housing
should be provided by the state and that social services should be well
funded
through fair taxation based on income levels.

I move away from the left on issues such as millitant labour unions.

I would have thought militant anything would be both an extreme left and
right "philosophy". Both left and right being interchangeable.

I would
say that most Irish people I know feel the same way I do.

I would hope so.

We tend to like
to make money and buy nice things, but we also want the welfare state
as
well - this has led to a situation where Irish people pay the tax rates
of
Texas, but demand the social services of Denmark.

Interesting take. Compared to other EU countries, I think, Ireland is,
possibly, an inherently unstable country. By this, I mean it wouldn't
surprise me if the population of the island balloons to over 10 million
by
2050 which will be fuelled by global immigration.

So we are very much still trying to work out what kind of nation we are
geing
to be here. I would say that we will most likly end up either way, as
our
government only indulge in the politics of cowardice

I expect this will remain the case so long as the electorate return
Fianna-Fáil led governments..

The rise of Sinn Fein might introduce a spanner into this idea.

Eventually, the people of Ireland are going to have to take a stand against
SF and their terrorist leaders

Ah well...we disagree there.


Who cares, nazi boy?

You don't live in ireland. You are not Irish. You are a loon at best
anyway. You are a scumbag Doper. You belong to the religion of choice
of the third Reich. OH and di I mention you're a loon?

Can't say it too often.



Bertie