How many of us think that unification is no longer a priority and don't really want unification ?

this is the biggest propaganda I see on this sight. No one in my family has ever waited more than 48 hrs for a go appointment and it is nearly always next day and, if required, same day.
now if you specify a particular doctor and it’s not time-important then you might wait a week.
and of course it is 100% free for everyone, as are your prescriptions, blood tests, scans etc that may roll out of the visit.

Traditionally, the union versus United Ireland was split fairly starkly along Protestant V Catholic lines.  

To all intent and purpose all protestants wanted to stay in the United Kingdom and all Catholics wanted to move to United Ireland.  

Can we agree on that as a starting point?

The Protestant population has fallen significantly while the catholic population has increased significantly (so much for discrimination).   

Had these positions remained, and in particular, Catholics had continued to yearn for a united Ireland en masse, then there would be a clear majority now for united Ireland.  The problem for Republicans is that more and more Catholics are going off the idea of united Ireland.   More and more see Northern Ireland as a place apart that they love and cherish, and appreciate having the financial support of 60 million people.   

Republicans did not have to convince anyone of the merits of a United Ireland, they simply had to maintain the support they had within the Catholic community. Unfortunately for them that is diminishing and their dream is fading.  It will simply never happen.

Yes, we can agree on something. One strategic blunder after another by unionists, and still the Catholics in the six counties grow fonder and fonder of Northern Ireland, and a united ireland looks further and further away.

Here we go again. The same old same old lie.   I think you would find it very difficult to find many in Northern Ireland who would want to swap the NHS with the HSE.   

This is probably the greatest evidence to put down your lie.  

I work for an all-Island organisation and they signed up to Benenden Health a number of years ago.  It has just gone up to £15.50 per month per employee.  Most of us pay additional ourselves to cover family members.   Have a wee read at it?  Guaranteed same day GP consultation. Also Free scans, consultants, etc, etc. - NHS waiting time is more than three weeks.   Also lots of operations.  

We worked very hard to get this extended to the southern colleagues, but the company is adamant that it will not work in the South because you guys pay for nearly everything and therefore they would be inundated.  My entire family are on it and I am the only one used a same day GP, and that was actually only for a second opinion.  No one uses it because they don’t need it because they can get to their own GP easily.   Some family members have used the quick scans and consultations.  

If things were as bad as you try to tell us, then this company would be broke.  

I am not precious about what anyone calls my country. I just thought it was ironic that you were talking about how our identity would be catered for in a UI and you used the term the north - and went to the trouble of putting a capital letter in front of it.
I definitely live in the ‘north’ but what exactly do you mean by the ’North’.

if you are talking about the banner in Moygashal, I absolutely condemn it without reservation.
there was a racist and anti-Semitic banner carried by republicans on a pro- Palestine/hamas march today. Will you condemn it?

Absolutely I would say ‘up north’ and ‘down south’ etc. that is very different from someone saying our identity would be acknowledged, while in the same sentence using the term that most unionists regard as a Sinn Fein attempt to airbrush the country of NI (yes OWC) out of existence.
I am not making a big deal about it. I thought it was worth note - you don’t. That’s ok.

I am going to believe you and accept that you did not have any deeper intention with using the term ‘the North’.  

If you use Northern Ireland regularly in your speech, then that is absolutely fine and I apologise if I misread your intention.  I guess that’s the benefit of this forum is that we can learn what the triggers are for each other..  can I guess that you also use both the terms Londonderry and Derry?   I make a special effort to do this.

We have a large number of people in Northern Ireland who refused to say Northern Ireland because they can’t accept what happened in the Belfast agreement.