Churchill's Words As Relevant Today As They Were Nearly 100 Years Ago...

[sandyRoe]

"The whole map of Europe has been changed ... but as the deluge subsides and the waters fall short we see the dreary steeples of Fermanagh and Tyrone emerging once again."
Especially if they were tweaked a bit to, 'the dreary prospect of the Ardoyne Shops emerging once again.
The Parades Commission has made an adjudication that the marchers can walk past this flashpoint in the morning but not in the afternoon as they make their way home. A compromise that satisfies nobody. What answer is there to this problem?

[Sharingan]

Dunno but my brother's over there at the moment taking photographs and I wish he wasn't:(

[sandyRoe]

You shouldn't worry. Apart from the one spot where things might heat up this evening, his biggest problem might be the heat. It's already baking hot here.

[LazyGun]

They are indeed, Sandy. I have no idea how they go about reconciling the 2 sides. The Parades season just seems to me to be an excuse for deliberately inflammatory provocation.

I have never experienced one first hand - do they elicit joy and a good mood? If not, I would probably be inclined to ban them entirely - they just seem so old-fashioned and irrelevant....

[sandyRoe]

Most marches pass without any trouble. But a few, where they want to walk through areas where they're not wanted, have the potential for causing trouble. An example today would be the band that stopped outside a RC church and played 'The Sash'. Playing this sectarian tune there could only be seen as a deliberately provocative act.
I've never been at a march, either. I'd guess they somehow see what they're doing as defending their culture.

[jomifl]

I've always thought that the cover versions by 'the rebels' were much more catchy with more memorable words such as 'to the rattle of a thomson gun' or 'Brittania's huns with their long range guns' to quote from only 2.

[sandyRoe]

True, the Rebel, like the Devil, have all the best tunes. While many of the Loyalist lyrics have an earthier tang.
♪♫ 'Lie down and grunt, ya Fenian(Catholic) c***. Surrender or you die... ♫ being an example

[jomifl]

I would never have thought of rhyming gr*** with c***, but then poetry was never my strong point.