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the bogside, the creggan. that was just a fact of life. there was only one moment that i can see in which the undertones did embrace might not be the right word, but reflect politics. you're on top of the pops. the night, bobby sands... somebody somebody has done the research! the hunger striker had died. i mean, for those of us of a certain age, and particularly for those of you from northern ireland. this was an extraordinarily profound moment. an ira man in prison who starves himself to death to make a political point. margaret thatcher's government in a rage about it. impotent, though, because you always are in the case of a hunger strike and plenty of people who are not supporters of terrorism or violence or the ira who had some sympathy for it. and the truth is yes to the original question. people in derry, and particularly young men, lived and breathed that all day, every day.