Is he having a laugh?
Life is strange isn't it? Having done my time on 72 during the '70's 'Troubles' I find Mike J's actions and thoughts interesting - not sure I would want to meet any of those guys myself and although I love visiting friends in the republic I have no wish to set foot in the North ever again. The one time I did drive through, returning from friends in Donegal after I'd retired, I couldn't wait to get out of the still bitterly divided province. But, when I was serving there (74 - 78) I knew that if I'd been born there, into a RC family, I'd most likely have been 'one of them'.