[Marx]

Hey there hitch,

Terrorism is bad no matter who does it. Taking up arms against an occupier is called resistance, the French did it against the German occupier and it was OK, but not the Irish against the British occupier? The Irish have fought for how many hundreds of years?

Brother, you self identify as British. You are in the lineage of an occupying force. Of course IRA seem to be terrorist, not freedom fighter. It is perspective.

The British already have an army to project force in Ireland. The Ulster Defence Association is a paramilitary group outside the law. It gets help from the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary (occupational British police forces) to murder and do state dirty work outside the law.

Resistance to occupation, targeting state forces- LEGAL.
Collaboration with occupying state forces- terrorism.

Targeting civilians, both sides= terrorism

The UDA is also comprised of/linked to neo-Nazi groups.

You can research this stuff using a search engine, I won't waste anymore breath on it myself.

My 2 cents