I do think that Conrad referred to thuggery on both sides, as well as asking for the songs of both sides to be heard. The people of the North asked for peace, and there are those in both communities who are denying it. The latest reported problem has been the expulsion of 15 year-olds under threat of death, and at the time, the papers also referred to similar behaviour on the other side. Beating children up with baseball bats does demand some appropriate description of the perpetrators.That sort of behaviour doesn't have much to do with peace, or justice, or unity. And it is used by the politicians to delay the slow moves to change.

Penny