tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post8129061706785278884..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Prosperous Taig – Must Be A Drug Dealer AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-66981687994564405892019-03-26T19:49:02.281+00:002019-03-26T19:49:02.281+00:00Cookstown Hotel tragedy: Initial police response t...<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/cookstown-hotel-tragedy-initial-police-response-to-be-investigated/ar-BBVf5K5?ocid=spartandhp" rel="nofollow">Cookstown Hotel tragedy: Initial police response to be investigated</a>AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-32093489703965371172019-03-25T20:24:25.526+00:002019-03-25T20:24:25.526+00:00I agree the stigma is a major detterent, but the o...I agree the stigma is a major detterent, but the only way organisations really change is from within. More Catholics need to join but won't. It's a Catch 22 that helps nobody. Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30615321061551421332019-03-25T07:15:55.408+00:002019-03-25T07:15:55.408+00:00the same argument used to be advanced to explain w...the same argument used to be advanced to explain why so few Catholics would join it when it was called the RUC. And fear of getting killed is presumably what stops them going up the ranks as well? <br /><br />I doubt fear of armed republicans is what prevents the numbers going up. Since being renamed, the PSNI has lost more than twice as many of its members to road accidents as it has to armed AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-13908885530967345832019-03-24T22:53:42.702+00:002019-03-24T22:53:42.702+00:00Never occured due to lack of Catholics joining up,...Never occured due to lack of Catholics joining up, due to fear of being killed by those in their community who label the PSNI as you have. How can anybody 'win' in that environment?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-52614626973231465812019-03-24T21:05:07.557+00:002019-03-24T21:05:07.557+00:00being Prod would not make a person sectarian any m...being Prod would not make a person sectarian any more than being white would make a person racist; being part of a long standing sectarian institution in which the sectarian culture was reproduced to a large extent by composition increases the likelihood of sectarianism: particularly where the change that was meant to transform it never occurred to the extent it was hoped or expected.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2673254382716544042019-03-24T20:48:45.393+00:002019-03-24T20:48:45.393+00:00So because they are Prod they must be sectarian, i...So because they are Prod they must be sectarian, is that it?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-40851833178076604002019-03-24T16:57:15.363+00:002019-03-24T16:57:15.363+00:00Cant for the life of me understand why they raided...Cant for the life of me understand why they raided his home which had absolutely nothing to do with the tragedy at the hotel...they've completely undermined their investigation with some relatives of the kids who died and which I have been in contact with now quietly thinking that the investigation is completely tarnished to the point that they have absolutely no faith in it...they are very Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.com