The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #36203   Message #503816
Posted By: Fiolar
11-Jul-01 - 05:50 AM
Thread Name: Another Sectarian Killing
Subject: RE: Another Sectarian Killing
To Guest, Neil Comer: The fact that the UFF claim not to support the Good Friday agreement any longer is fairly worrying but with the catalogue of loyalist terrorism over the past years, I am not surprised. The blanket of the Red Hand Defenders is always a convenient cover for any of the loyalist gangs who feel like a spot of arson or murder. David Ervine who to me appeared to be one of the "sane" voices on the loyalist side, sadly is allowing the sentiment of "the other side is getting too much" to sway his judgement. Again sadly too many young protestants see creatures like Johnny Adair as someone to be admired and anyway are thought a variety of history at odds with the real facts. Regarding history teaching, many years ago a friend of mine from Scotland was amazed when I gave him a history book which dealt with the history of Scotland from a completely different perspective to what he had been taught in school. He admitted that he had no knowledge of many of the events which had taken place. Without reading back through the whole thread, I can't recall if I mentioned about the evening class teacher (in Belfast I think) who taught history. When she came to part about the Plantation of Ulster, several students walked out, claiming that she was telling lies.