NI Census 2021

Do walls not already run through belfast? I understood from your previous post that should there be a UI that then you will push for a new gerrymandered NI boundary that will be not part of a UI. That is what you proposing should there be a UI? My response was how could a new boundary ever be agreed with out walls going through belfast.

On the second paragraph the most shameful thing of irish history is the grip the catholic church had over people. But the good news is today in 2022 it has little to no power over the state. Also in the 1800's Ireland was all in the UK so it has to be acknowledged the catholic church also had shameful power within the UK jurisdiction.

As usual misquoting the GFA. Anyone born in Ireland or UK has the birthright to identify as anything they wish... why? Because Ireland and the UK both have freedom of expression in their law. The GFA regarding birthright and identity is to do with citizenship. Ie a birthright to be a member of the irish state or the UK state. But despite been explained this you will quote the same shite in a few weeks.

Then you speak for the Northern Irish idenity like they're one homogeneous group who think the same way. Some who identify as Northern Irish want a UI others want to remain part if the UK. You do acknowledge that? What is come clear is nothing can be inferred from what a person who puts NI on a census form wants. They might not wish for NI to exist in any form. But to suit your ideology of partition you will infer that they're one homogeneous group who want the NI jurisdiction to live on.

As usual misquoting my words.

I didn't speak for the Northern Irish identity like they are one homogenous group, I actually said "the basis of a Northern Irish identity is that they see Northern Ireland as somewhat distinct to a greater or lesser degree from Ireland or Britain". That describes a continuum of identity, but with one common thread - identifying as Northern Irish - linked to the existence of Northern Ireland.

As for your misunderstanding of the GFA, the key provision of the GFA is that it recognises that people born on this island can be Irish or British. The citizenship rules are secondary and consequential to that.

You can't possibly be this lacking in self-awareness? Did you read what you wrote here?

Why does the plan have to come from Dublin?

In fact, if we are to respect the GFA, which gives a veto to Northern Ireland, surely the plan should come from those political parties in Northern Ireland who are asking for a united Ireland?

We may aspire to it, but we must also respect the GFA which leaves it to the people of Northern Ireland.

Not true what? That it's guff? It is the height of guff!

No one has ever maintained that a non-contested region of ca. 1.8m couldn't be a viable independent State. Thanks for listing some smaller sovereign entities.

Buy you see in the case of the North it's just that:

a. Nobody wants it;

b. There's myriad reasons why the North isn't currently viable as an independent State;

c. Please re-read a. and b.

A dialect of English remains English; a dialect of Scots also remains English. Because of course today most Scots dialects are really versions of English (Doric may be something else, I can't really follow it). So although Scots in Ulster may be unique in some ways (Geordie, Cockney and Scouse are also unique in certain ways, but nobody says they are separate languages) - e.g. unlike other Scots dialects, the R isn't rolled - it remains a dialect of English (albeit a rhotic dialect). It is in no way a separate language.

Then again, we could demarcate which areas of the 6 counties speak or used to speak Scots, and recognise Scots there, while denying it recognition in the other parts. Divide and rule in true British style!

I've already pointed out that it's merely a degraded version of Scots to the extent that it is now simply English with a few daftie stupidy words (do you get the reference?) even in the areas which haven't completely abandoned it.

So as our constitution doesn't specify which version of English is to be used, it's already covered under the guise of our second official language.

Nobody is stopping you from writing it as you like, nobody is stopping any council from producing documents written in it, and nobody is stopping "Tha Boord o Ulster Scotch" from having their website written in "Ulster Scotch". But none of those bodies want to do that, they use standard English, and for the very simple reason that Ulster Scotch is English.

See above post. Misquoting the GFA again. GFA leaves it up to the people of Ireland north and south.

Why would you want road signs changed if you have no interest in languages?

No. the north could vote for unity and it would not happen if the south voted against unity. North and south are in a reciprocal relationship that both need to vote for unity for it to happen