Willie McCrea may have declared himself satisfied that the IRA is finally defeated, and this may have the quietest Twelfth since the beginning of the Troubles but one aspect of a low level sectarian conflict seems to be on the increase. There have been an extraordinary fifty attacks on Orange Halls since the beginning of July, sometimes running to as many as two or three in one night.
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This is article was first published in Fortnight magazine back in February 2003. Chris Farrington is now a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ in the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin. Although the circumstances it describes has changed radically and [...] read our review »
Such attacks on halls in NI have to be condemned. It’s just utter thuggery.
darth rumsfeld,
[i]…er, you mean like all those shinners on another thread who repeatedly accused a man called Bratty of being a multiple murderer. For all I know they’re correct- but I’m not sure they would like being called right wing reactionaries.[/i]
No, that’s not what I meant. I meant that if minors are convicted in criminal courts, the proponents of penalising (convicting?) the parents for their children’s crimes should apply, at a minimum, the same standards of evidence for contributory negligence as are applied in the civil courts.
Hope that clears up any misunderstanding, if there ever was one.
Sean
I am doubting whether you are a genuine poster at all or just a trouble maker as your posts make no sense at all.