Comments on: COMMENT AND OPINION: Sectarianism isn’t over http://www.thegown.org.uk/2010/02/06/comment-and-opinion-sectarianism-isnt-over/ The Gown is a free, fortnightly independent student newspaper at Queen’s University Belfast. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:38:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Olive http://www.thegown.org.uk/2010/02/06/comment-and-opinion-sectarianism-isnt-over/comment-page-1/#comment-2564 Olive Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:20:30 +0000 http://www.thegown.org.uk/?p=1092#comment-2564 Religion has always been a devise used by NI politicians and NI media to divide us. I resent that so much. They've attempted to brain wash us for years that Protestantism automatically means Unionism and Catholicism automatically means Nationalism. This has never truely been the case. Since the begining of Nationalism many of the most famous and influential Irish nationalists were Protestant men such as: Charles Stewart Parnell, WB Yeats and even Sam Maguire himself!!! I don't know much about Catholics in unionism, but they do exist too. Politics in NI today is really disheartening the politicians never seem to stand up and say "We want to fix this 11 plus nonsense and sort out our healthcare." They just seem to say "Hey we're Catholic/Protestant! You are too? Great! Vote for us!" Religion has always been a devise used by NI politicians and NI media to divide us. I resent that so much. They’ve attempted to brain wash us for years that Protestantism automatically means Unionism and Catholicism automatically means Nationalism. This has never truely been the case.

Since the begining of Nationalism many of the most famous and influential Irish nationalists were Protestant men such as:
Charles Stewart Parnell, WB Yeats and even Sam Maguire himself!!!

I don’t know much about Catholics in unionism, but they do exist too.

Politics in NI today is really disheartening the politicians never seem to stand up and say “We want to fix this 11 plus nonsense and sort out our healthcare.” They just seem to say “Hey we’re Catholic/Protestant! You are too? Great! Vote for us!”

]]> By: John http://www.thegown.org.uk/2010/02/06/comment-and-opinion-sectarianism-isnt-over/comment-page-1/#comment-746 John Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:54:58 +0000 http://www.thegown.org.uk/?p=1092#comment-746 Just kill me now. This is so depressing. Just kill me now. This is so depressing.

]]> By: Voice of reason http://www.thegown.org.uk/2010/02/06/comment-and-opinion-sectarianism-isnt-over/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Voice of reason Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:45:40 +0000 http://www.thegown.org.uk/?p=1092#comment-738 Excellent read there Padraic. Excellent read there Padraic.

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