tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post6130716257039796932..comments2023-11-03T08:40:03.424+00:00Comments on Jude Collins: Derry and Milltown: starkly contrasting strategiesJude Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-15253129450042165192012-04-12T18:15:35.819+01:002012-04-12T18:15:35.819+01:00http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-natio...http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/stormont-tricolour-bid-is-run-up-the-flagpole-16143521.html<br /><br />Kearney and the boys are really making inroads....can't even get a flag flown, how are they going to reunite Ireland? In the cold light of day, away from all the emotionalism, you have to surmise that the United Ireland bluster is simply a smokescreen to cover up for a failed political strategy and measly participation in a constitutional cul de sac!!Colmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238059583889640079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-33107173303919103742012-04-11T12:07:15.446+01:002012-04-11T12:07:15.446+01:00Yes,Im familiar with that phrase.It just seems a p...Yes,Im familiar with that phrase.It just seems a pity that Declan Kearney and the Shinners are now belatedly adopting the philosophy of John Hume and his party.At one time,the S D L P were being pilloried for this approach by the same folk who are making such a virtue of engagement with the unionist community.O tempora, o mores!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-1054185164776276792012-04-11T11:52:51.553+01:002012-04-11T11:52:51.553+01:00I'm sick of hearing (reading) this " Sunn...I'm sick of hearing (reading) this " Sunningdale for slow learners" bit. The only reason we are where we are today was the I R A campaign. The Unionists and S D L P seem to forget how hopeless it was to make any movement on the basic rights for Catholics. Even today its like pulling teeth. This is what the Dissidents see. Looks like the slow learners are the ones who talk about it. Deasun O'DDes Donnellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-53069705023682794902012-04-10T22:17:13.359+01:002012-04-10T22:17:13.359+01:00Anon 12:57 - thanks for your thoughts. Are you fam...Anon 12:57 - thanks for your thoughts. Are you familiar with the phrase "Damned if you do and damned if you don't"?Jude Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-78561597889001259602012-04-10T20:57:43.715+01:002012-04-10T20:57:43.715+01:00So Sinn Fein,by fully embracing the consent princi...So Sinn Fein,by fully embracing the consent principle,have finally reached the position where John Hume was decades ago.As Seamus Mallon once said its surely Sunningdale for slow learners!You say that "political violence alienates and deepens antagonism amongst unionists".So now the mantra is be nice to our unionist friends.A bit cynical many would say!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-17261892500607186542012-04-10T16:17:11.250+01:002012-04-10T16:17:11.250+01:00The difference is one lot have realised the violen...The difference is one lot have realised the violence wasnt working and the other lot are too thick to figure that out for themselves and will probably need another 30 years for the message to sink in. As for all the parades really have people nothing better to do than dress up in clothes that dont fit wielding toy guns and dont even get me started on the Apprentice boys of Derry - why the hell do they parade in Belfast - do they need a geography lesson or something??boondocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-57913900851463248222012-04-10T12:56:56.096+01:002012-04-10T12:56:56.096+01:00It seems to me the contrast between the two cases ...It seems to me the contrast between the two cases Milltown and derry is explained for me at least by the ageing process. Adams and mcGuiness , as with paisley reachedf a point where they were running out of time and had to make a judgement call on their legacy as the fire was no longer in the belly. So they drew a line and took a revisionist approach to their record over the time.[madraj]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com