# For the Benefit of Major Feelgood.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-benefit-of-major-feelgood/54446>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 14, 2001, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-benefit-of-major-feelgood/54446 "2001-02-14T11:45:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-benefit-of-major-feelgood/54446/41 "2001-02-21T08:33:47Z")

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Well that’s my point Ruadh, although you could consider that their numbers were insignificant, the basis for maintaining neutrality is surely not a numerical decision.

Ireland obviously had a variety of other reasons for maintaining neutrality.

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