It's a shame that this thread has taken a degree of sectarian twist . .

My first attempt to post this thought got lost in the wilds of the Internet . .

Fiolar, the end of your post resonated, when you used the word "respect". If people only respected one another, as fellow human being, then they couldn't do this sort of thing. Neither would the whole sad history which leads up to yet another grim statistic be possible. Yet that respect is supposed to be central to those religious beliefs which both sides profess to hold so dear.

OK, I've been involved in many a heated debate on Sectarian issues, on Mudcat and elsewhere. No doubt I'll continue to be so involved. But for this moment it's necessary to stand aside from those disagreements to agree on the futility and utter injustice of all the pain this, and every similar act, causes.

George