Planned Violence

Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, says recent violence over the flying of the union flag at Belfast City Hall was orchestrated.


Well yes Martin.........I would say it more than likely was.  

Martin McGuinness is a man who should know planned violence when he sees it; since he's had quite a bit to do with planned violence / riots etc. himself over the years.

How many police officers have been injured during republican / nationalist violence???? Mmmmm!!! 

We could all bitch, nit pick point the finger and shake our heads and drag things up as much as we like but is isn't going to solve the problem here in this country.

The individuals in power in this country are not rational adults, they are;

1. big children
2. huffs
3. blackmailers
4. taking "back-handers"
5. have a major dose of "selective memory" syndrome thrown into the mix.

Not to mention that quite a few of them are ex-criminals / terrorists.  Now lets think on that one for a moment........?

Yes, third world country's have murderers, criminals and terrorists in power.  Not the western world................. Oh but Northern Ireland is the acception.  Main Land Britain don't really want us, I think they see us as a dirty little scab they would like not to be there.  Ireland don't really want us as they really can not afford us.  Plus where would all the unemployed get their unemployment benefit from??  Would they still want Britain to subsidize them with the Great British Pound???

Northern Ireland needs a political clear out!!

Flying The Flag

Flag's.

Just throwing out some ideas and thoughts here.

A Flag; coloured cloth sewn together and embellished with designs and or symbols, so we as individuals can feel a sense of belonging and have an identity.

They have their place.

They serve a role.

They are used during war.  Nations / individuals have killed over the name of a flag and the country it belongs to.

People take pride in their flag.

Flag's in Northern Ireland are very political, a hot topic.

Northern Ireland is a part of the British Empire. So shouldn't the Union Flag fly on top of the Belfast City Hall?
Yes.  As Belfast is Officially a British City.  That is the fact of the matter.
I am British, my passport and where I was born say so.  The Union Flag is my counrty's flag.

I do not however think that killing and or dying for the sake of a flag is necessary.

There are many Country's in the world which have high populations of individuals from other Country's living in them, do they feel the urge or need to debate the fact that the flag of the Country in which they are living to not be flown on the top of City Halls or state buildings?

With flags come different beliefs and cultural differences.  But look at the many different beliefs and differences which gather under the name of one flag.

Can we not as a world accept the differences?  Murders have been and are being wrongly committed over flags and the beliefs surrounding them.

Like big children in the playground with deadly weapons we seem to continue.