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The Troubles of Northern Ireland
David Frum: In marching season, violence always erupts in Northern Ireland. He says the police force charged with keeping both sides apart was almost entirely Protestant. When British soldiers faced Catholics on a sidewalk and stood with their backs to loyalists, he writes. Frum: The law is applied in the absence of legitimacy, it does not produce obedience. It leads to backlash.