After a nice meal and some bevvies the topic of conversation was changed from smalltime chit chat to topics that shouldnt be discussed amongst strangers:
religion & politics!
after an hour or so of heated, often fiery discussion, one of the Americans (who was quite drunk..you yanks don't seem to be able to handle your beer), a Catholic was so insulted by the comments of the other American, who was Protestant, that he resorted to physical violence to get his opnions across, the whole thing spiralled out of control & led to some nasty cuts and bruising! A very unpleasant affair!!!