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In this Aug. 1972 file photo British troops watch as members of the Ulster Defence Association parade through Belfast, Northern Ireland during the violent 30-year Catholic-Protestant conflict known as The Troubles. (AP Photo, File)
I was born, grew up and still live in that sectarian cockpit called Northern Ireland, the very fact I type the name Northern Ireland probably means I’m from that British Unionist tradition. Irish Nationalists many times don’t use that word, they call it the north or the six counties. You understand the power of words in your region – Israelis call it the War of Independence and Palestinians the Nakba.