and I know I irritate the hell out of you, AND

I'm puzzled. Are you comparing the IRA's struggle with the English Government with the American firebombing of Dresden, Cologne, Hamburg, and Tokyo?

I hope not.

While both are terrorism, the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, targeted civilians, after the war was essentially over, in the US firebombings does seem to me to be a bit more of a crime against humanity.

Sort of like the killing of all those innocent Iraqis to avenge the killing of the innocent Americans. I think there is a class of people that doesn't bother.

Arf (He's gonna equate them, Bow, on the basis of quality of act. I know, it's called "intellectual dishonesty".)