[naturalman1975]

I really wonder why you keep sticking his titles in quotes. I can understand a person thinking titles don't have any real meaning, but he had them and they were in line with the way such things are used - and the title you've just used here was one he had as a boy and which became extinct before the end of the First World War.

The Earl loved Ireland (and privately believed that it should be united as a Republic although he didn't express this belief publically because of the constitutional problems that might have created). That's why he visited Ireland so much, because he loved Ireland and the Irish. He was no coward and so he didn't let threats deter him from this.

When people want to kill you, just because of who you are, it isn't arrogance to refuse to hide from them. It's courage. As I say, he was arguably a legitimate target, and he accepted that. But he wasn't going to hide.

[MadMitch]

It appears that grand wazoo is a supporter of terrorism. He may well be Peter King!

[grand wazoo]

I really wonder why you keep sticking his titles in quotes.

Because I'm an American and we don't put up with that nonsense here.

If it makes you feel better, I would do the same thing for "Queen" Latifa or the Fresh "Prince".

The Earl loved Ireland (and privately believed that it should be united as a Republic although he didn't express this belief publically because of the constitutional problems that might have created).

He loved Ireland the way a plantation owner cared about his slaves.

An Australian and a Scot defending the English. What the hell is wrong with you guys. Do you have Stockholm Syndrome?