tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post4549596535899802756..comments2023-11-03T08:40:03.424+00:00Comments on Jude Collins: Flag-burning and cultureJude Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-65245744013171488742012-07-23T21:40:49.489+01:002012-07-23T21:40:49.489+01:00Jude,
I'm writing to you from Dublin and I am...Jude,<br /><br />I'm writing to you from Dublin and I am quite certain that if a survey were conducted in this neck of the woods 90% of people would be unaware of the annual ritual of burning our national flag.<br /><br />Such is the level of reporting from a biased media. All we hear is of the "festival" and the holiday atmosphere.<br /><br />JamesFarrellJames Farrellhttp://www.jamesfarrell.ienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-42827558020981877872012-07-19T23:03:23.481+01:002012-07-19T23:03:23.481+01:00Jude
Should we laugh or weep?
Weep most definitely...Jude<br />Should we laugh or weep?<br />Weep most definitely. <br />Of all the nasty pointless activities to be found in this part of the world somehow the sight of bonfires with effigies and flags ready for burning deeply depresses me.giordanobrunonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-13702542816761536012012-07-19T22:06:09.254+01:002012-07-19T22:06:09.254+01:00Perhaps we need a bill of rights that includes leg...Perhaps we need a bill of rights that includes legislation on incitement to hatred?bangordubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143383902510299554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-59852465436069891432012-07-19T17:13:43.177+01:002012-07-19T17:13:43.177+01:005.7 million to police last years "festival&qu...5.7 million to police last years "festival", while funny wee men in suits " march" the streets for days, the austerity stricken british taxpayers run around worrying about dept. When is somebody going to let them know where a large chunk of their dosh goes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-71455519232995485702012-07-19T15:21:12.529+01:002012-07-19T15:21:12.529+01:00Yes he did move to France a number of of years ago...Yes he did move to France a number of of years ago. This is a reply to those wondering what is eating the people of ArdoyneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-43899081226273958212012-07-19T13:05:25.237+01:002012-07-19T13:05:25.237+01:00I thought Fr Troy had moved to France.Is Fr Gary D...I thought Fr Troy had moved to France.Is Fr Gary Donegan not his replacement ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-51705112760047195472012-07-19T12:29:25.134+01:002012-07-19T12:29:25.134+01:00Campaigners against suicide in the North have cond...Campaigners against suicide in the North have condemned the loyalists who erected a slogan on a bonfire in Belfast earlier this week poking fun at nationalists who have taken their own lives.The slogan reading "Up the Ardoyne bungee jumpers" was erected on a loyalist bonfire ahead of the annual Twelfth of July celebrations.It was a clear reference to the high incidence of suicide among young men in the nationalist Ardoyne area.The bonfire was part-funded by Belfast City Council as part of moves to limit the environmental damage caused every year as a result of the massive blazes.Campaigners have now called on the council to withdraw funding from any future bonfires unless there are guarantees that that no sectarian or insulting banners will be flaunted.Phil McTaggart of the Public Initiative to Prevent Suicide in Ardoyne said the slogan at Monday night's bonfire was deeply insulting, while Margaret Wylie of the Shankill Mothers Hope group said Protestants were just as offended as Catholics.Local priest Fr Aidan Troy also said the banner had remained on top of the bonfire for three days after he complained to the police.Loyalist bonfires are traditionally draped with Irish tricolours, Sinn Féin election posters and anti-papal slogans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-29095792368638757932012-07-19T10:19:12.439+01:002012-07-19T10:19:12.439+01:00The burning of Polish or Irish flags is of the sam...The burning of Polish or Irish flags is of the same hatred which led to the Horrific murders in Bulgaria.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769517504129720297noreply@blogger.com