Comments on The Pensive Quill: A good starting point to reveal our hope

Tain Bo totally correct. The authorities and polit...

2012-09-04T08:32:18.608+01:00

Tain Bo
totally correct. The authorities and political groups know that is an unnecessary trigger point. Disgracefully since 1998/GFA no serious attempt was made to eradicate that cancer.

Larry, I was not having a rattle at you it is bey...

2012-09-04T05:12:58.227+01:00

Larry,

I was not having a rattle at you it is beyond a joke this marching lark does nothing for peace.

Tain Bo I was being totally xynical. They [the ...

2012-09-03T23:09:10.611+01:00

Tain Bo
I was being totally xynical. They [the 'loyalists'] are loyal to nothing. Self interest is their ideology.

Marty, give our Mickey Henry a shout he can trans...

2012-09-03T22:14:00.720+01:00

Marty,

give our Mickey Henry a shout he can translate SF for us. It seems our leaders can’t manage parades and they want us to believe they can manage the country.

Larry, I am aware of the orders and if they were ...

2012-09-03T22:06:04.603+01:00

Larry,

I am aware of the orders and if they were reasonable then we would not be having the battle of the bands. Religious extremists in any guise are far from reasonable they understand they have the loyalist militants backing them under the standard of for god and Ulster.
Again, they have an outdated sectarian law that forbids catholic’s from sitting on the throne and that is loyal-ism in a nutshell change the law and we would see how loyal they would be.

Tain Bo the Loyal Orders are middle class respecta...

2012-09-03T20:26:39.509+01:00

Tain Bo
the Loyal Orders are middle class respectable business men who can be logically reasoned with. It is not they who endlessly select RC areas and villages to traips through, when they have an abundance of Loyalist areas big enough to facilitate their parades. They also don't encourage drunken bandsmen from Scotland and the likes of the 'estate' in Coleraine among other trash to have a great day out insulting the RC church and innocent nationalist residents. Amazing to think that all these hundreds of years, if only Gerry Kelly and co. could get explaining things to the Orange, Black and Purple perceptories, common sense would have prevailed long long ago...whatever were we thinking?

Sadly, we all know whom will be arrested and that ...

2012-09-03T19:48:39.235+01:00

Sadly, we all know whom will be arrested and that "side's" corresponding number of arrests. Same auld reporting when the the "peace keeper's" go at it- inaccurate, censored, obfuscate, obfuscate and obfuscate.

Ach dont be daft Tain bo a cara of course there is...

2012-09-03T19:41:43.174+01:00

Ach dont be daft Tain bo a cara of course there is a difference.. loyal is qsf the queen law and order psni/ruc the wee six and loyalist,s are people paid by the brits and Irish governments not to kill people...

Mr Kelly said the difficulty was that spokesperson...

2012-09-03T19:13:57.427+01:00

Mr Kelly said the difficulty was that spokespersons for the loyal orders did not seem to be available.

"Are these loyalist parades or loyal order parades?" he asked.

I didn’t know there was a difference who is he kidding a loyal order parade is a loyalist parade he seems to be doing some public relations work fooling himself that loyal and loyalist are two different things.

Isnt it amazing how quiet the bearded one is re th...

2012-09-03T19:10:11.849+01:00

Isnt it amazing how quiet the bearded one is re the ongoing disturbances here in Belfast,the great leader who can ride two horses RA and QSF at the same must be disappointed that his drones are failing to sweet talk the loyalists into a united Ireland,it now looks like it will be up to Martyboy aka the fisherman to buy of the boys with even more money from the £85mill slush fund,thats a few more well paid community jobs up the heel n ankle to you and me!but sure if it lets the great leader get on with his uninterrupted hols and keeps him out of Belfast it may well be worth it..

Larry. Near wet my pants reading this. SF call f...

2012-09-03T18:19:22.306+01:00

Larry.

Near wet my pants reading this.

SF call for 'ballanced' internment lol. Didn't take long!

100% catholics interned, but if that is true then we all know that Kelly and the cronies support Internment.

I will be curious to see how many loyalist are arrested while the RUC stood and watched them attack the henry joy parade. Lets see how many houses are raided, wrecked, and arrests made. Think it will be , Fuzzy pics, unable to identify.
But who knows, a miracle might happen, and, arrests made!

Marty; the blatantcy of it did if I'm perfectl...

2012-09-03T16:45:08.413+01:00

Marty; the blatantcy of it did if I'm perfectly honest. I never learn.

'Sinn Fein politician Gerry Kelly said the vio...

2012-09-03T15:03:03.189+01:00

'Sinn Fein politician Gerry Kelly said the violence on the Protestant side had been orchestrated by the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Defence Association, two loyalist groups that are supposed to be observing a ceasefire'.

SF call for 'ballanced' internment lol. Didn't take long!

wouldn't do to use water canon and plastic bul...

2012-09-03T13:42:34.009+01:00

wouldn't do to use water canon and plastic bullets on people you have your breakfast with.

Belfast Bookworm a cara does that come as a surpri...

2012-09-03T11:50:51.106+01:00

Belfast Bookworm a cara does that come as a surprise? Mc Cuntland will be calling for lead soon!

Well they brought out the water cannon at last. On...

2012-09-03T09:24:52.490+01:00

Well they brought out the water cannon at last. Only thing is it was used on nationalist youths in the New Lodge.

Are any loyalists in jail without charges or evide...

2012-09-03T07:49:21.918+01:00

Are any loyalists in jail without charges or evidence? Maybe SF need to give the RUC a wee hint as to who is a fly in the ointment, get them scooped? As for the loyalist rioters, SF should go talk to them, seeing how much the situation has improved since Bombay Street. Personally i'd love them to go talk to the huns...oh but wait..SF are partitionists too!

2nd sep 2012. BBC News Northern Ireland. "Th...

2012-09-03T00:44:18.039+01:00

2nd sep 2012. BBC News Northern Ireland.

"Thirteen police (RUC) officers have been injured after being attacked by a loyalist mob in north Belfast.

Bricks and bottles were thrown as the police attempted to keep loyalists back from a republican band parade at Carlisle Circus."

Now lets see if the RUC photographers and video surveillance units arrest any of the Loyalist Bigots, as they did to Legal Protesters and some of those who Marshaled that parade in Ardoyne, also a legitimate sit down protest ,lets see if they go into the Loyalist areas and wreck homes to arrest those who attacked the Legitimate Republican Parade.
This will show the difference in suppressing Anti Treaty protesters, and, those supporting a British Loyalist State, SF included and, whether they are in or out of uniform They are still the old RUC/UVF/UDA being supported by the British Government.

Qsf and specifically the so called leadership have...

2012-09-02T21:50:17.734+01:00

Qsf and specifically the so called leadership have been responsible for the defeat of the republican uprising,they now are charged with bedding in this defeat by ensuring that the nationalist people remain without proper effective representation,their miserable timid words of concern re the undemocratic,unjust,and indeed arrogant actions of the unelected secretary of state Owens in his hounding of Marian Price. Her and Martin Corey,s internment and the continuing victimisation of republicans and their communities is grist to the mill for arch bigots such as Mc Causland and Dodds to encourage their mindless thugs to act in the fascist bigoted manner we are now all only to familiar with,these bigoted displays will not become a thing of the past as qsf would hope for but rather I predict they will increase in number and location as those in unionism begin to flex their new found muscles safe in the knowledge that Westminster has now once again left the "pravance" to its own devices with pro unionist Owens to turn a blind eye to their activities and indeed blame any and all disturbances on those horrible dissidents,this I believe is the future we now face until the republican and nationalist people as a whole wake up to the con that is qsf and either appoint or elect spokespersons who will speak out and act for this community,qsf are very much part of the problem that plagues these communities,their self serving greed and mis-representation of the people on all issues from housing ,jobs social services parades etc have proved beyond doubt that this party and its members are incapable of serving the people they claim to be proud to serve,as nationalists and republicans we need to put our own house in order before we tackle the bigger issues .

Good to be back - I had password problems. The n...

2012-09-02T21:42:39.499+01:00

Good to be back - I had password problems.

The news is reporting 'trouble at republican parade' but the trouble was well underway before the parade even got started in the New Lodge. In fact it was started about 2-3 hours before when an unassuming & unguarded Carrick Hill was attacked.

Belfast Bookworm, great to see you back here. Mu...

2012-09-02T21:34:02.795+01:00

Belfast Bookworm,

great to see you back here. Must check that out because I read on Facebook earlier something about Christians loving each other and rioting for that reason! Obviously, there was a real situation from what you have just outlined.

Carrick Hill came under attack again today after s...

2012-09-02T21:25:28.582+01:00

Carrick Hill came under attack again today after several hundred, well organised loyalists armed with sling shots, golf balls & breezeblocks descended on the tiny vulnerable district hours before the commemoration parade for Henry Joy even started.

Martin Og Meehan looking at how public policing differs between nationalist and republican communities