St Patrick's Day

Pretani

nozzadamozza wrote: »

I agree as well- disgraceful

I lived down in University Avenue in the mid 90's and there was nothing like this going on in the area

Its now so territorial- I remember I went to Queens to get away from the small insular town I grew up in, from its bigoted people, how I dreamed I would meet people from different walks of life, learn new and interesting things (well i was dreaming of a world where all the men looked like Morrissey lol)...well now, it seems that these kids (and thats what they are - they are so not adults) have brought all that insular crap, bigotry and sectarianism with them them, cos its great 'craic'. Do they meet anyone outside their little GAA world or anyone who doesnt read the Irish News?? .

You've right on the mark nozzadamozza.

I was reading an interesting piece by Robin Wilson 'Northern Ireland: guns, words and publics' In it he talks about the insurgency of dissidents:

The insurgent logic
It is thus unsurprising - though doubtless this will come as a shock to many - to discover that sympathy for the rationales given by paramilitaries for their violence was found by the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey to have nearly doubled between 1998 and 2007. This sentiment was particularly evident among a section of young Catholics, the basis for the re-emergence of a republican challenge.

Those are very scary statistics:eek: