RUC-PSNI nail their colours to the mast
03/05/08
An éirígí initiative to mark the 92nd anniversary of the Easter Rising has come under both verbal and physical attack in an area of the Six Counties notorious for sectarian discrimination against the nationalist community.
For more See: http://www.eirigi.org/latest/latest030508.html
would it not come under the same law as its illegal to erect a poster in a public ground? usually u face a €50 fine in the south if u do so for each poster. so i imagine a flag would be of little difference.
the PSNI are quite simply doin their job. u have to understand that they have to be careful whena group of nationalists start hanging flags around the town centre. they didnt appear to be in any way offensive towards u according to ur article. they are were just ensuring that peace remained. and did they let u leave the flags hanging?
my opinion here is that u are blowing it a bit out of proportion. u need to realise the PSNI are not picking one side over another, they were just making sure peace remained within the town centre. i'm yet to come across an incident where the PSNI have been favourable towards either side.
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no it wouldnt , your imagination appears to be running riotOriginally Posted by "UnitedIreland"
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that of a british police forcethe PSNI are quite simply doin their job.
as opposed to helpful during the 12th julyu have to understand that they have to be careful whena group of nationalists start hanging flags around the town centre.
explain to us how you know this pleasethey didnt appear to be in any way offensive towards u according to ur article. they are were just ensuring that peace remained. and did they let u leave the flags hanging?
my opinion here is that u are blowing it a bit out of proportion. u need to realise the PSNI are not picking one side over another,
how was that thenthey were just making sure peace remained within the town centre.
[/quote]i'm yet to come across an incident where the PSNI have been favourable towards either side.
which sides that ? Irish vs British ?
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no it wouldnt , your imagination appears to be running riot[/quote:yhxhm6ve][quote:yhxhm6ve]would it not come under the same law as its illegal to erect a poster in a public ground? usually u face a €50 fine in the south if u do so for each poster. so i imagine a flag would be of little difference.
Sorry my imagination appears to be entirely intact when i remember putting up posters for various things in the south and being reminded that if we leave them on the poles, we'll be fined for littering. the exact same as posters put up during the general election campaign.
that of a british police force [/quote:yhxhm6ve][quote:yhxhm6ve]the PSNI are quite simply doin their job.
they are doing their job as a police force. they may be a british police force. but they are doing the job of a police force.
as opposed to helpful during the 12th july [/quote:yhxhm6ve][quote:yhxhm6ve] u have to understand that they have to be careful whena group of nationalists start hanging flags around the town centre.
july 12th the have to keep the peace otherwise an all out war would break out. the orangemen have a right to march, as do any organisation of any type within the north. if u want to march urselves, u can! and teh PSNI will go out and make sure u are not attacked! its their job!
explain to us how you know this please[/quote:yhxhm6ve][quote:yhxhm6ve]they didnt appear to be in any way offensive towards u according to ur article. they are were just ensuring that peace remained. and did they let u leave the flags hanging?
my opinion here is that u are blowing it a bit out of proportion. u need to realise the PSNI are not picking one side over another,
did they leave ur flags hanging? please answer me that question? i said according to ur article. so in this case then, were they offensive towards u? or did they quite simply ask what was goin on?
how was that then [/quote:yhxhm6ve][quote:yhxhm6ve]they were just making sure peace remained within the town centre.
as explained already, they are making sure that there is no mad takeover of the town going on, which has happened before, so obviously they need to take these matters quite seriously, they'd do the same if it was done by a group of unionists.
which sides that ? Irish vs British ?[/quote:yhxhm6ve][quote:yhxhm6ve] i'm yet to come across an incident where the PSNI have been favourable towards either side.
yes irish vs british, nationalist vs unionist, republican vs loyalist, Éirigi vs reality.........
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PSNI were just responding to pressure from the local unionist representative it seems. What would be interesting would be if a local nationalist representative complained about the Union Jack fluttering over the town, what would be done then? If that flag wasn't removed then you can point fingers at the police force for bias.
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The abuse of flag flying by unioinsts as a means of intimidation and as a way to mark out territory should be highlighted and challenged at every juncture. When the PSNI facilitate the unionists who simply do this as a form of malignant behaviour should also be challenged on every single occasion.
Although apeing these people indicates a bankruptcy of thought that is quite embarrassing.
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wel like the union jack can be flown under the circumstances that the north is under administration from the united kingdom an dis part of the united kingdom. which is fair enough. but an irish flag can be flown in the north. there is no rule against that. i dont think the irish flag was even taken by the PSNI, i think it was actually stolen by someone else! thats what their article seems to state. i'd like someone from Éirígí to actually state whether this is the case or not. but the flying of the Éirígí flags can actually come under some littering rule.
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All one has to do is drive southeast along the A-5 from Strabane towards Omagh to see all the loyalist flags that seem to be forever posted along this road. Surely this is littering as well?
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