I guess there's alot of anarchists in ni, but I wouldn't have considered that western.

Belfast was known as the terrorist capital of Europe

I met trump today.

No anarchy happened quite a lot during the dawn of man.

Then we found out that we needed laws to prevent us from killing eachother.

And here we are today. No longer primitive.

Well most of us anyway.

And yes, NI is western.

It's certainly not eastern.

i mean it didn't hold the stereotypes of western society

Such as?

when people imagine the west they don't imagine a war zone

True enough.

Depends on what era.

in the 1900s then yeah maybe. It wouldnt really be unheard of in europe particularly.

Like in germany with the berlin wall among other things.

when i think of ni ireland and how people have evolved politically i think of the 60s to 80s

I dont think it would be comparable to the middle east though.

1972 was the bloodiest year in the troubles

well

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Kk

http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/troubles/deaths_by_year.html

just found this as a reference

in 1972 476 people died due to the troubles

Wow. That's horrible.

I still wouldn't say its as bad as the middle east though.

idk

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-07-14/more-75-percent-terrorist-attacks-2016-took-place-just-10-countries well this is in 1 year

but in 10 countries and a total of 100 killed I think.

before and during the troubles ni was a total police state

100 over 10 countries

Didnt they use children as shields?

Yeah but thats just in 2016

who

The police.

back then

the ruc were brutal

So I've heard.

they raided peoples homes and beat them

have you heard of the battle of the bogside?