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Emily Hill Is The Strangest Study In Tolerance

posted 11 years ago by richard.fuller1
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Loss of her husband or not, if she were told all of England would be obliterated with not a trace left of anyone, she would disagree and argue with them.

Character conflict is one thing, but there is nothing interesting or plot-driven in someone just challenging every little thing someone says.

Irish temper aside, she disagrees with decisions other Irish people make, then gets hostile if her own family members don't back up her decision.

I'm watching this show now, but I half hope she boards the Titanic 'to make a new life for herself in the new world' and if this does happen, I hope she manages to get something said prophetic or gets it said to her that is eye-opening to say the least.

[–] !!!deleted!!! (41638798) 11 years ago

It's not that farfetched for her to have varying views from other republicans.

After the treaty in 1920, the pro-treaty republicans and the anti-treaty republicans went to war between themselves in the Civil War.

Michael Collins having received a free Ireland from the British in the treaty, with the exception of Northern Ireland which remained under British rule, caused the Republicans to fight EACH OTHER in the anti- and pro-treaty civil war that followed for 2 years.

I suspect had her brother stayed in Belfast and lived, they might have been on separate sides of the anti and pro treaty fight.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Yeah, there are rarely two cut-and-dry sides to such issues. There are a lot of varying viewpoints.