tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post405512485096893251..comments2023-11-03T08:40:03.424+00:00Comments on Jude Collins: Stormont: what d'you think of it so far?Jude Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-50475774518978555322013-04-22T06:02:17.820+01:002013-04-22T06:02:17.820+01:00Stormont hasn't lived up to the promise most p...Stormont hasn't lived up to the promise most people expected after the Agreement in the same way an arranged marriage with a reluctant partner would be fraught with misery and frustration.The unionists need to start thinking more as Irish people albeit Norn Irish and forget this generic British label they put on themselves,it's not only a hindrance but stymies the true potential of the six counties as a whole.It's one false dawn after another for the Nationalist/Republican community.I am beginning to suspect the Northern Irish non Unionists have the same malaise setting in which Koreans have so eloquently described,namely Hahn which refers to the build-up of unrequited yearnings that are brought about by oppressive religious and political systems; by living in a society in which most of the “normal” human drives are subverted; and by intense feelings of frustration or repressed anger.<br /><br />Korean social and medical authorities have identified many kinds of hahn that have played key roles in molding Korean character: the hahn of poverty, the hahn of status immobility, the hahn of political abuse, the hahn of colonialism and suffering caused by war…and so on – all the institutionalized limitations on human freedom and hardships endured.<br /><br />All this repressed energy is what is thought to make up the psychic force that now motivates and energizes Koreans, and it is said to be the driving force behind the transformations in the Korean economy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com