re: #220 elbruce

O_o

They had a huge problem with it back then! You go back in time and try telling them the religious aspect was “contrived.”

And they still have laws requiring businesses to hire equal numbers of Catholics and Protestants. I did a lot of work in Belfast for a previous company, and learned a lot about how Cs and Ps get along. There are bars where both go and get along, then there are Catholic bars and Protestant bars. I’m happy to report that I managed to get shitty drunk at each type of establishment (the joys of being an Irish-American who doesn’t give a shit about other people’s hang-ups). Had a great time in all of them, and the Protestants treated me just as well as anyone else did.