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Thread #116781 Message #2510634
Posted By: goatfell
09-Dec-08 - 09:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Irish Peace Process
Subject: RE: BS: The Irish Peace Process
have you been to Northern Ireland where there are lots of places the fly the the british flag or the irish tricolour, and if this is not intimating(spelling) I don't what is.
there is place in Northern Ireland called FREE DERRY where for a time anyone who was British/prostestant was not welcome and it is still there.
Flying the Red hand/British flag or Irish tricolour is trying to tell the other side that they are not welcome, and then they talk about peace, there will never be any peace until both sides sit down and decied what to do about the genartions to come, but they haven't.
it's illegl to fly any flags that is provoking to the other side.
it might be working is somer place but not all, but as you say it is progress small I agree. But the is still have people in Northern Ireland that support the terrorist groups on both sides so is that progress, keeping alive the old divisions I don't.
there are areas of towns and cities in Northern Ireland where it is still protesant/Catholic and anyone from the other side is treated with sussption.
so is that progress?