Orange walks and other walks-marches

[tinkerbell23]

Local town had 150objections to an approx 400person march against racism and bigitory (republican)....

Locals reported complaints such as the march interrupted their right to peace and infringed on their day to day business......march also co-incided with a football game and trouble was feared.

Can the same be said about the "orange walks" that i have To endure time after timein my town (which is predominately catholic-and well known for it)

Shouldnt this all be banned.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...side-central-13105383

[tinkerbell23]

As long as i remember- but i have to agree with trigger i dont see the comparison however more than happy to answer your question and thanks for input x

[HARPY]

triggerhippy there is trouble every year at the mardi gras but you will not see it in the media.

[tiocfaidh-ar-la]

Hiya Tinkerbell23 - Im guessing youre from Dunloy or Rasharkin...Im from the top end of Ballymena..and the lambegs and the parades were obviously a constant reminder as to why you were regarded as a second class citizen in your own country...despicable, awful people deciding that they NEEDED to march through your streets in order to reinforce themselves that they were culturally, morally, economicaly superior to you...

There is NO right that enables these [edit] to do what they do...except a WASP triumphalism that dates back 350 years...but it is largely meaningless in the big scheme of things!

Only 18% of the population of Ireland is Unionist...Only 2 counties out of 32 have a Unionist majority...theyre Yesterdays Men in an old decrepit, bankrupt state...marching up and down streets that theyre not welcome in...[edit] 'em!

When the whole thing turns full circle...lets just be the better people...dogs will still poo in the streets in a United Ireland,,,,so we will always have work for them!!

[tinkerbell23]

Tioc...

Im actually from scotland! But i endure these walks frequently!

My town is known as "little ireland"....these walks cause HUGE ill feeling. Wish they were banned. Make me so so so mad!!

[abstibus]

Hi, Tinks
I once knew a woman whose son was 'doing time' for sectarian murder. The woman and her daughter went to watch an Orange walk in Glasgow. The daughter was beaten up for wearing a green sweater.
You have my word that this is true.

[joeluke]

'Grown up' people marching through their hated opposites areas basically sticking 2 fingers up at them

Pretty pathetic really and in a day and age where other marches are policed to minimise confrontation these archaic marches should be banned

[tinkerbell23]

Anne i 100% believe u i live just outside glasgow. The green lights locally and in catholic areas are actually caged over cos people smash them for being green!!

But yeah....march away! Cause more violence why dont you! X