One flag is better than two…
Strange discovery from Moochin Photoman… Ulster and Israel bonded forever?
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Debating the Churches’ Role in the Peace in Northern Ireland
This morning’s Sunday Sequence featured a substantial debate (about 35 minutes into the recorded programme) on a new book,Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland (Oxford University Press 2011), written by sociologists John Brewer, Gareth Higgins and Francis Teeney. The debate was framed in an opening vignette by presenter William Crawley in uncompromising terms, [...] read our review » -
The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman) – an insight into a newspaper that’s maybe not so fictional
‘news’ is often a polite way of saying ‘editor’s whim’ Given the shift from print to online and e-ink, maybe Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists was a suitable first first book for me to finish reading on the Kindle. Considering the economic pressures on the newspaper industry, his novel perhaps captures the spirit and soul of [...] read our review »
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“Unionism Decayed 1997-2007″ by David Vance: book review
I initially wrote this when the book was first published three years ago; whilst certain elements of it now sound dated, its basic premise that the period of 1997-2007 was a period of irreversible decay for Northern Irish Unionism can still be argued as a valid opinion. My own feeling is that it did indeed [...] read our review »
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Flags flying from lamposts are the outward signs of people who are insecure of their identity OR are put there by people who need to justify their non-existance in life. That goes for Union Flags, Ulster Flags, Tricolours or Palestinian flags. The Middle East conflict is very complex and doesn’t need any Uncle Andy or Wee Seamie here to abuse either side and further complicate it. These flags have ruined the Cavehill/Westland Roads and I know people from both communities who don’t want them. Likewise the Irish flag is being flown by some misguided youths in parts of Lurgan & Ballymena as a status symbol. The Union Flag is abused and flaunted by Unionist Councils here as ‘one over on the Taigs’ and please don’t tell me otherwise. The whole scenario is pathetic.
People of one colonist project supporting another. I fail to see what the hoopla is about.
LURIG,
“The Union Flag is abused and flaunted by Unionist Councils here as ‘one over on the Taigs’ and please don’t tell me otherwise. The whole scenario is pathetic.”
“But it’s our culture!” she protested, while reaching for the Petri dish.
And NO flag is better than one or two. Flags create disagreement and animosity. Anyone who needs a flag is an individual in sore need of a life.
“Anyone who needs a flag is an individual in sore need of a life.”
Big Maggie,
What about a pirate flag? My son has a few.
Does he need counselling before this gets out of hand?
Interesting this……..
“According to a 2007 University of Ulster report, Northern Ireland has the highest proportion of bigoted people in the Western world.The statistics show that more than 90 per cent of racist attacks occur in loyalist areas. This is more complex, however, than their avowed identification with a “British” identity. Housing allocation is also a factor.”
But sure is it any wonder when folk of Northern Ireland hold such views as this today……
“When the Ulster-Scots came they planned on settling, but the Gaelic Irish just didn’t want them there, because the Gaelic Irish were sectarian racist bigots. Fortunately in this day and age we don’t have settler problems, we have immigration ones where the poor come and go, all depending on which region within the EU gives the best return for them.
So don’t label Ulster’s settlers in with these EU nomads, bigot!”
Jaypers, Welcome to Northern Ireland……not!
Concerned mother,
“What about a pirate flag? My son has a few.”
Let’s take it one at a time, shall we? A pirate flag is a flag none the less, and should be approached with caution. It’s sometimes referred to as the “Jolly Roger”. Plainly this is a misnomer; often a rogering can be enjoyable—as hubby and I have proven to our satisfaction on many occasions—but sometimes not. The problem arises when your son returns home with Keira Knightley in tow and announces his engagement as a result of a jolly roger. At this point the term “jolly” will take on a whole new meaning, as several MLAs who’ve visited the Caribbean on expenses can attest to.
“My son has a few.”
Don’t they all? Is this every day or at the weekend? Right now I’m having to cope with my eldest grandson having a few of a Friday night. Pretty it is not.
He is only nine….was worried about his affiliation to the “Black PIg” … Racism AND Swine Fever…
Ulster is my homelad-Yes thank you we do understand flags in Carnlough.Your entitled to come down on Easter Sunday or around internment in August and observe tricolours,starry ploughs etc being flown with dignity not erected for no apparent sectarian reason or left to rot for months on end.
An interesting little article….
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/1102
Jeez RS – I actually read all of that article – started off interestingly enough then descended into rant before long before climaxing in a explosion of Irish Republican sloganeering/catchphrasing……..no wonder you liked it!….was it written for the W.B. Feile perhaps?
Demo, I’d say you didn’t like it just because it makes for uncomfortable reading !
Thanks for the offer Carnlough, but I’ll give it a miss. The village used to be a nice place before the shinners took over. Not long now till the Londonderry Arms Hotel gets reworded.
Ulster’s your homeland
The people who now come to Ulsters shores are not settlers, if they were they would be accepted……When the Ulster-Scots came they planned on settling, but the Gaelic Irish just didn’t want them there, because the Gaelic Irish were sectarian racist bigots….
Historically, you’re an idiot. Nevertheless, the Romanians can learn an important from lesson from your people – they should re-brand themselves “the Ulster Romanians”.
The Ulster Romanians – One Ninety Fifth of a century of repression at the hands of the Scots and the English – No Surrender! Support the Ulster Romanians