observer Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Well the sectarian Neanderthals were at it again in Ulster; is it time to ban these anachronistic events and bring their mind set into the 21st century? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 There must a sizeable minority of people in Ulster who just don't want to live in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 These Orange marches don't affect me, I'm on O2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Nor me, I live in Warrington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Banning the Marches will only increase support for these loonatics, turning moderates into radicals, I'm not a defeatist but I can't see an easy solution to this problem it's so deep rooted. The so called peace is constantly teetering on the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Banning the Marches will only increase support for these loonatics, Have to agree alg. For many in the Protestant community it is a fun day out for the kids. and in most places it goes past without a hitch BTW would anyone consider banning St Patricks day marches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 It would indeed be a long term project Alg, and would take several generations to phase out - starting with the eradication of "faith" schools and the introduction of one secular education system, that emphasised a common heritage rather than a divisive one. Of course, an improved economy and employment, might provide less time and energy for such nonsensical activity. It's frankly amazing, that in an age where we've landed men on the moon and developed technologies, that folk thought as science fiction merely a generation ago; we still suffer such violence based on primitive historical sectarian myth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 There are so many still alive from both sides that remember and participated in the troubles and lost close relatives either in active operations or as innocent bystanders being in the wrong place at the wrong time who have passed on the 'wrong' message within their family which still continues 'stoking the fire' within their respective communities and as has been said it needs drastic re-education to eradicate the hatred and that is going to take a long long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Yes Alg, but it's steeped in a 300yr old myth, King Billy and Shamus a Caca, Battle of the Boyne etc; where the peasants of both sides were used and abused by the rich and powerfull, who exploited their ignorance and supersticions. That ignorance and supersticion sadly persists to this day, and a common, secular education is required to phase it out. This isn't just an Ulster problem, it's a global one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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