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That singular demand for one man one vote is at the heart of all the warfare. It is spit upon and screamed at by Ulster drummers in the streets, as antidemocratic. Ulster Loyalists were and still are armed to the teeth in more militias with three letter names than you can find in a Chinese phone book. Nearly every Ulster Orangeman was armed, and nearly no Catholics were. The police, their spies, and relentless warrantless house searches saw to that. Advocating one man one vote went beyond undemocratic to antidemocratic and quickly became treasonous. Mere discussion of home rule got people jailed. Jailed and tortured were synonymous. Hey. You gonna sit there and not offer any more pastries? What's your deal?" John teased the waiter who sprang to the tart tray and was back attentive as soon as all the gathered had their pickings from the mini pastry tray. "What are these again?" Shannon asked, to Mina's whispered, "Sfoglitelle." The telling continued. "Ten percent of entire counties were in jails. The so called H- blocks, were filled with prisoners with no charges, no trials, no hearings. This lack of process was premised on emergency, never ending continuous emergency, and a need for law and order. Extralegal jailing to promote law. Got that? Laws of facilitated incarceration without process were scratched into being as fast as dandruff from a scrubby head. The press was, and still is, highly censured under an entire array of laws - dictums. Law and order did not, does not, consider equality, access, nor justice. Irish have always been mindful of their huge missing populace, displaced, especially to America. Even back in George Washington's day, the Irish delighted in the very concept of America." At this point, John went off on an historic curiosity near and dear to him. The listeners, except for the waiter, were all well aware having attended the yearly