POTD – It’s as close or as far away as you want it to be
St Matthews Chapel Newtownards Rd 3rd July 2011
Tags: 3rd July 2011, flags, How time flys, It's as close or as far away as you want it to be, POTD, St Matthews Newtownards Rd, the calm before the storm, What do you see?, What do you want to see?
Topic: Society and Culture
Region: Northern Ireland
Topic: Society and Culture
Region: Northern Ireland
Reprobates from the Republican Short strand have attacked Loyalist Cluan Place again on Saturday night. As well as that they attacked Protestant houses at the end of the Newtownards road. These scumbags used snooker balls as missiles in this latest unprovoked attack. As usual the Lord Mayor was inconsistent in his condemnation as were the PSNI in their assertions as to who was to blame.
I thought that area was rundown working class since the jobs disappeared. How can they afford to throw snooker balls or are they trusting that they will be thrown back in the spirit of reuse and recycle?
Joe, see what I posted about Bumper on the Bread thread
Sectarianism is bigotry, discrimination or hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions within a group.
Firstly [and I don't have the time to reply to this one much], the Loyal Orders by their very rules and codes are not supposed to be bigoted. By definition in fact they must show charity and good will to their RC neighbours. Wait…
I’m not saying there are not some bigots in the Orders, clearly there are. But the actual Loyal Orders forbid it. No one I know personally in the Orders is more or less bigoted than the rest of us.
IMHO if they’re walking near an RC church they should just play hymns. Most of my friends in the LO would agree. I’m not a member.
Equally residents groups in the past have heightened tension and some are the ‘dying to be offended brigade’ others have had terrorists or ex terrorists in them. Many sprung up as a SF invention. Noticed that SF was not extreme enough for Brendan McKenna GRRs and he has joined Éirígí
David Hume [in the LOs] is doing great work – but more needs done.
Passing strange that everything that goes wrong is always the fault of themmuns.
Indeed Joe.
Reminds me of a teenager ranting at his ma for finding his porn stash.
Can’t see why themmuns can’t just let the orders do what they want, where they want. when they want.