Forgiveness is slow but progressing in Northern Ireland
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The last time I crossed the border into Northern Ireland, I came face to face with an English soldier with a machine gun over his shoulder. It was July - marching season. Not a good time to visit, the soldier informed me. Sure enough, I witnessed rowdy, sometimes violent, bands of youths roaming the streets of Belfast.






