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Originally Posted by tiocfaidh  I know some will say I have a double-standard for saying this, but the difference is that the RUC/PSNI has a history of being sectarian and discriminatory. As a result of its historically disgusting behaviour, it has a lot more work to do to clean up its image. It needs to do eveything it can to rid itself of all traces of sectarianism and religious bias. In addition, many of the Protestant icons you might have found would be clearly designed to incite hatred - King Billy portraits, OO sashes, etc. This is in contrast to the Catholic icons you cited above that you found in the Garda station in the ROI (e.g., Child or Prague statue). Those have nothing to do with the situation in the north, and are not anti-Protestant or lighting rods for conflict. Also, as DrBob1972 pointed out, the Garda do not clearly act out in an anti-Prod manner. It is a far more benign force, and as such they have far less work to do to make the other community comfortable with it. So I think your average non-Catholic in the ROI would have far less problem with seeing a status of the Virgin Mary in a Garda station than a Catholic would with seeing a King Billy portrait in a PSNI station, and for good reason.
That said, I think the Garda should be sensitive to the issue, and if complaints are raised they should be prepared to remove all religious icons from the stations (except for personal areas). |
Protestants dont have icons. An icon is something you pray to muppet.
King Billy Pictures, sachs etc were never on display in Police stations in NI.
The fact there are 12 Protestants in the Garda and 20 in the army shows the gross hypocrisy of the republic, it is a sectarian state, which has always discriminated against Protesants civil rights from divorce to contraception to employment.
Its gross culture of hypocrisy is not unnoticed even if it is not often commented upon. The state which screamed for equality in the north does not apply the same rules to itself.
The republic is a dark place, the state where cops can get suspended sentences for sleeping with 14 yr old girls, but a 19 year old who slept with his 15 yr old girlfriend gets jail.
The place where travellers are jailed for shop lifting but which has wild west financial regulations.
The place where playboy magazine was illegal up until 10 yrs ago but the govt turned a blind eye to priests molesting children.
The state that cant afford vaccines for teenagers but where ministers fly around in lear jets.
31st March 2009
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