# The Golden Age of the West **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 24, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-golden-age-of-the-west/533575 "2010-03-24T03:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-golden-age-of-the-west/533575/261 "2010-04-06T02:31:31Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Basques are a smaller minority compared to the size of the nationalist population in Northern Ireland. A non-answer if ever there was one. You have your facts wrong and your opinions are based on a serious lack of understanding. Anyone who thinks that the IRA, (whom I have never supported and whom I would agree exacerbated several situations), are solely or primarly responsible for the conflicts in Northern Ireland or any approach to a civil war in that location needs to spend several months reading the actual history before they should be permitted to comment. ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-golden-age-of-the-west/533575/262 "2010-04-06T15:14:52Z")
Irish history - A New Chapter - the troubles in the dope. I always find it interessting to read up on stuff that people write, who never lived here and are arguing with the people that do. I can understand that an outside perspective can be different and refreshing, but also completly wrong…however have fun with it. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-golden-age-of-the-west/533575/263 "2010-04-06T16:02:07Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > Irish history - A New Chapter - the troubles in the dope. > > I always find it interessting to read up on stuff that people write, who never lived here and are arguing with the people that do. I can understand that an outside perspective can be different and refreshing, but also completly wrong…however have fun with it. So let us know the truth–with which all other Irish will agree! ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-golden-age-of-the-west/533575/264 "2010-04-06T17:59:09Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > So let us know the truth–with which all other Irish will agree! mmmmhh, eh… you got me there… 🙂 But it is certainly not the stuff Curtis LeMay is talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-golden-age-of-the-west/533575/265 "2010-04-06T22:22:50Z")
Hold on a minute, correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Ulster partition partake because of Unionist opposition to uniting with a Catholic dominated Ireland? I accept this, however, in regards to the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland, there unwillingness to accept partition and regarding of Northern Ireland as illegitamate indirectly lead to the Ulster Protestants using harsher methods to keep them under control as they were considered a threat to the new statelet that was formed in the aftermath of the independence granted to southern Ireland in 1922. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-golden-age-of-the-west/533575/266 "2010-04-13T22:26:45Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > You are still wrong. Anyway, I’m getting out of this thread. G’night all. > > **Guinastasia** , I hope you find it as interesting and informative as I did. Although parts of it are very upsetting I should warn you. Sorry to bump this, but I’m just lettin **An Gadaí** that the book arrived from the library and so far it looks very interesting. Thanks!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-golden-age-of-the-west/533575.md?page=13)