: He was in fact refering to the IRA's 'topping' of Bloody Sunday when they bombed a Veteran's Day Parade in Eniskillen back in 1987 killing a few dozen senior citizens.

Yes, the speech made this apparent but the original intent of the lyrics became unclear to me as he'd written the song before Eniskillen.

: Might you be able to remind me what's sick in giving traitors some rough justice and what's sick in not loosing sleep over murderers getting what they deserve?

Osama bin Laden deserves as good as he gives?  Although, I don't mind having him around long enough to realize how greatly his plan backfired.

: In answer to your question though, Bono has been a supporter of the Good Friday agreement that will allow either the status quo to remain or for a United Ireland to be born. Since his Father was a Catholic and his mother was a Protestant he knows that it isn't a black and white issue. Like so many real Irish people, they don't care about 'sides' they just want to see peace.

Thanks for your enlightenment, Richard.  I've long been a fan of Bono's but just wasn't sure quite what to make of his position with respect to Sunday Bloody Sunday.

If anyone's interested in hearing what we're talking about...search for the file "Sunday Bloody Sunday live" on any of the music download sites or better yet, rent the video Rattle and Hum.

Kevin g