Michael_W Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Upon what, son? Your sarcasm lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Your sarcasm lad I'll try, for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Pointless violence is hardly new to sectarian land. However given that stuff that seems trivial to us seems to drive both sides into a murderous rage I'm surprised at the Alliance "compromise". Had they gone with 1 week up 1 week down or similar it could be sold as a compromise, I can't see how giving Sinn Fein 95% of what they want is going to be sold as a compromise. Garry Kelly bemoaning attacks on public buildings is a tad ironic though, given his murderous record in blowing them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistledoo Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 There is an Orange Parade every year in Scarborough...I bet that is a surprise for many here? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GXFcLHObA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 There is an Orange Parade every year in Scarborough...I bet that is a surprise for many here? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GXFcLHObA Doesn't surprise me I'm afraid - I remember that pub just a short way up Eastborough that had loads of loyalist slogans and colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepsendlane Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 There is an Orange Parade every year in Scarborough...I bet that is a surprise for many here? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GXFcLHObA There used to be a bloke who used the Upper Heeley Club ,every Orange day he would turn up in his bowler hat and with an orange sash and flag he would play a tin whistle and get all the club marching round like nutcases. His name was David Hegarty he lived near the Ball Inn on Midhill Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistledoo Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Did someone mention this pub in Scarborough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I grew up with a friend who was a strong Scottish protestant, and at his house he had cds of marching music. By 14 I knew all about the Jacobites and good ol' William of Orange. A better education than I ever got at school. As I got older and judged it for myself though; it's bonkers, the lot of it. Celebrating a 17th century battle. Mad. Beyond mad. It's only a short step from that into the uglyness that Ireland has been steeped in for the past 100 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenRivers Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I grew up with a friend who was a strong Scottish protestant, and at his house he had cds of marching music. By 14 I knew all about the Jacobites and good ol' William of Orange. A better education than I ever got at school. As I got older and judged it for myself though; it's bonkers, the lot of it. Celebrating a 17th century battle. Mad. Beyond mad. It's only a short step from that into the uglyness that Ireland has been steeped in for the past 100 years. Do you think we'd be better off as a Catholic country like Ireland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Do you think we'd be better off as a Catholic country like Ireland? Distinctly not. That doesn't justify chasing out a Catholic monarch and replacing him with a Dutchman though. There's the bigger question of whether the Glorious Revolution was a good thing? It made sense for the 1690s. In that context I can see the attraction for people. The Stuarts had proven continually that they were not the best people to have any form of power. If I go beyond that, I'd be playing with alternative history, which I don't enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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