tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post9150229363337001829..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: "Union threatens Protestantism"?O'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-72216906385260886252010-08-14T10:49:00.027+01:002010-08-14T10:49:00.027+01:00Gareth,
Yep, no problem.
Frank,
Thanks, almost ...Gareth,<br /><br />Yep, no problem.<br /><br />Frank,<br /><br />Thanks, almost (unfortunately only almost)unbelievable<br /><br />Anonymous,<br /><br />The interesting aspect of the article is Foster feels there is no longer a welcome place for his brand of "Unionism" (which isn't really)within NI. Progress of sorts.O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-30945111932718531472010-08-14T10:46:09.068+01:002010-08-14T10:46:09.068+01:00"How would your original argument be affected..."How would your original argument be affected IF it could be shown that the Republic offered better civil liberties than the UK?"<br /><br />Andrew,<br /><br />In terms of persuading the secular apathetic-middle ground would leave only the economic argument for the Union. ROI, obviously, is a modern European democracy with all the safeguards and catches that implies. It is also a O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-30148020933264603572010-08-14T01:26:39.462+01:002010-08-14T01:26:39.462+01:00O'Neil,
The Railway Magazine may be available...O'Neil,<br /><br />The Railway Magazine may be available in a good library.<br /><br />Their address is: <br /><br />The Railway Magazine, IPC Media, Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SU.<br /><br />On the subject of Iron Curtain Britain on the net there is not much but:<br /><br />(i) Model Rail Forum;<br /><br />www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?show topic=5451. <brFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15403029880840414784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-61281017767453735232010-08-13T23:42:55.111+01:002010-08-13T23:42:55.111+01:00Bottom line. Foster is accurate as to why protesta...Bottom line. Foster is accurate as to why protestants wanted the Union and wanted partition. Even if he and the "brethren" are as mad as hatters.<br /><br />Reality is that the union, and partition was historic wrongs done to the majority population. I know that this is uncomfortable for the "can't we all just get along within the union" liberal unionists, but you don'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-43229297123596811542010-08-13T22:16:56.240+01:002010-08-13T22:16:56.240+01:00Fantastic article. I've linked to it on my own...Fantastic article. I've linked to it on my own blog, if that's OK?<br /><br />Gareth<br /><br />http://garethrussellcidevant.blogspot.com/2010/08/northern-irelands-union-with-united.htmlGareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-58676150474950166952010-08-13T18:10:19.806+01:002010-08-13T18:10:19.806+01:00Low punch perhaps but compare the legislation whic...<em>Low punch perhaps but compare the legislation which exists in the ROI with that which exists in the rest of the UK.</em><br /><br />It's a valid point. However, I note that you had to say "the rest of the UK" because NI is not much better than the Republic in this regard, and not only is there no sign of change, there isn't even a debate.<br /><br /><em>The UK, because of andrewghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01363738196403434636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-27235354214313673492010-08-13T17:43:27.178+01:002010-08-13T17:43:27.178+01:00"I would kindly ask you to look up this matte..."I would kindly ask you to look up this matter."<br /><br />Frank, <br /><br />I will do. Can you help me out though and give me a few direct links; I've had a quick shufti of the magazine and I can't find the series in question.O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-44553035432322013592010-08-13T17:40:59.150+01:002010-08-13T17:40:59.150+01:00"What about if those social and cultural free..."What about if those social and cultural freedoms were more strongly guaranteed in the Republic than in the UK?"<br /><br />Andrew,<br /><br />Women's reproductive rights?<br /><br />Low punch perhaps but compare the legislation which exists in the ROI with that which exists in the rest of the UK. <br /><br />Ironically, Rev Foster's World View (other than the fact of what is O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-3168994542097452172010-08-13T17:38:58.956+01:002010-08-13T17:38:58.956+01:00Frank,
You're mixing up secularism and atheis...Frank,<br /><br />You're mixing up secularism and atheism. Soviet communism was an atheistic regime, not a secular one. Religious and atheistic totalitarianism share a desire to regulate individual belief systems, whereas a secular system recognises freedom of conscience, including the responsibility of individuals not to infringe on the freedom of others.<br /><br />It is worth noting that andrewghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01363738196403434636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-58410123509071804082010-08-13T15:54:29.609+01:002010-08-13T15:54:29.609+01:00Thinking of the ideals of Ulster Unionists in hist...Thinking of the ideals of Ulster Unionists in history with equality of citizenship in the United Kingdom, being a major ideal. <br /><br />When the quality of life was being made better that was a noble principle.<br /><br />In the post war era the general concept was to make society better, such as the National Health Service etc. <br /><br />Recently however some policies in England and Wales Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15403029880840414784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-83701609452424846012010-08-13T15:24:57.156+01:002010-08-13T15:24:57.156+01:00our long term aim is not to ensure the survival of...<em>our long term aim is not to ensure the survival of a religious faith but to help the Northern Irish enjoy the same kind of social and cultural freedom enjoyed by our fellow citizens in the rest of the UK</em><br /><br />What about if those social and cultural freedoms were more strongly guaranteed in the Republic than in the UK? With the erosion of civil liberties under Labour, that point mayandrewghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01363738196403434636noreply@blogger.com