Northern Ireland violence.......

[joeluke]

.........triggered by Orange Order marches 'celebrating' victory in a battle which happened THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY years ago

Are these marches justified or just plain provocative?

[joeluke]

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http://news.yahoo.com...u/eu_northern_ireland

[joeluke]

No

[Bobbisox]

helen anything akin to publicity, the yobs will use to their advantage, they are not attempting to destabilize a situation but merely exploit one...I love NI

[joeluke]

Helen, I'm not religious and don't profess to know a lot about it but it all seems so pointless .......you're saying that the violence had nothing to do with the marches then?

[joeluke]

So you think the parades are justified then?

Aren't they just a good excuse to stick two fingers up (at very close quarters) and provoke the other side?

Pretty pathetic really

Wouldn't be allowed to happen in England

[stokemaveric]

these marches are an just excuse for a violent punch up there is a lot of tribal violence in n.i...always has been and there always will be...its an in-bred trait of a minoroty of extremeist people....

[moskaski]

I agree with Helen, the parades are not politically motivated and are now attended by and enjoyed by both sides of the community.

Joe, Im sure they would not be allowed to happen in England as your local authorities would be afraid of offending the minority.

[boxtops]

There's another thread alongside this one saying almost exactly the same stuff, marches have become a historical statement, marching is generally in their own areas, the trouble is being caused by yobs not by the marchers.

[stokemaveric]

red helen i think it is you who are talking out of your shall we say backside...;;a great family day out for both sides''....now i have sat in an arv in belfast when these ''great family days''...have been taking place....yes it was great fun..being pelted with rocks,bottles and the occasional fire bomb thrown in for good measure..yes a really great fun filled family day out much better than alton towers...dont talk through you a""e....

[123everton]

The marches are an expression of nationalsm,

[stokemaveric]

p.s...mind you we were the target of the local mob...so yes a good day was out was had by all.....

[123everton]

Stokey, you could always go out the next day and set up a V.C.P, and get ya own back.

[stokemaveric]

lol everton...it was 1984...i remember it well...and 85 and 86...