Kiss me, but I'm not Irish!

UPDATE: Turns out I am Irish afterall.  

I'm not celebrating Saint Patrick's Day anymore. 

Not that I ever had the cultural bond to really celebrate this day, to begin with. Not being Irish, my celebrations tended to be centered on the green color, the occasional booze and, of course, pinching anyone not wearing green on March 17th. 

So, few days before the "holiday", I looked into what it really means. To the Irish, to the Celtic culture and the freedom/repression of religion. 

Now, it doesn't sit well with me to celebrate Saint Patrick driving snakes out of Ireland, especially when it really means driving the snakes (pagans - in their eyes) out of Ireland as a Catholic way to keep control over the Irish people, who still, up to this day, fighting Civil battles in name of religion rights. 

I wonder if Saint Patrick regret his actions.