Re: Realism
"Ah yes - Ireland - a little failed democracy inflicting tax after tax, and cut after cut on its citizens."
I haven't noticed anything wrong with Ireland's democracy recently. In the recent past it was a little theocratic for my tastes, but even that seems to be fading. Ireland's problem is that it got savaged by the bankers who were then bailed out by incompetent politicians. *Lots* of countries had that problem recently. (The UK, for one.)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
