Jul 28, 2006 11:33
A guy I knew once had this cartoon over his desk: a TV news anchor behind a desk, and the text was something like, "Doctors have reported discovering the cure for cancer, and peace has broken out in the Middle East. Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland..."
A year ago today, the IRA "gave up the armed struggle." And if the lions and the lambs are not quite lying down together yet in perfect amity, well, things could still be a hell of a lot worse.
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