[DJ Taylor]

"You just never see headlines saying “Christians loot and ransack...

Yes, this incident makes me long for the good old days when all you could read about in the newspapers were reports of Protestants and Catholics murdering one another and burning churches in Northern Ireland. (Sorry about the sarcasm, but no religion can claim the high ground on this issue.)

[HD1200]

“Yes, this incident makes me long for the good old days when all you could read about in the newspapers were reports of Protestants and Catholics murdering one another and burning churches in Northern Ireland. (Sorry about the sarcasm, but no religion can claim the high ground on this issue.)”

“but no religion can claim the high ground on this issue”.

Sure we can. Christianity REFORMS and over time resolves differences; the others do not.

[orinoco]

It was not really about religion but about making Northern Ireland part of Ireland and not part of Great Britain.

[muawiyah]

Sure, 10 fires set, 3 churches burned, no deaths, and contrary to the expectations of the News Media there was no great swelling of retaliatory violence.

Sounds like the common people in Northern Ireland have finally figured out what to do with these pukes.