Quite agree. I regret that I have no solution. But sometimes it feels like they need a few heads banging together.macliam wrote: ↑Mon May 02 2022 4:38pmWell answers on a postcard please.... because they're all that there is - and attempting to take their toys away hasn't exactly improved things in the past. [...] Of course, a gain for one side is a loss for the other and it must be galling for the unionists no longer to be able to use the powers of state to suppress dissent.... but that's where we are - and it cost a lot of blood and sorrow to get here.blythburgh wrote: ↑Mon May 02 2022 3:07pmYes because they take the squabbling children to a new level. And they can feed those who think violence is the only answer
It's all very well taking the superior "bunch of children attitude", but they were educated into that position by a situation imposed from Westminster and maintained by Whitehall subsidies.... and a generation is too short a time for the sins of 100 years to be forgotten. A Union that is desperate to hold itself together in the face of Brexit is not likely to appreciate an Assembly looking for a future outside the UK.... but what's the alternative? Supporting the DUP has achieved nothing......
I once had to explain to some foreign school kids what the Irish thing was all about. A bit of reading gave me a superficial background and I got the impression that there were some very serious wrongs done in the past which resulted in further serious wrongs and a whole lot of petty wrongs until there really was no way to backtrack and work out who owes who what. But some parties are so entrenched in their views that they are not helping move towards a win/win (or at least a no-lose/no-lose) solution and still think the only way forward is a win/lose. Whilst that continues, it's hard to imagine a peaceful resolution. I certainly don't have the answers.
The "bunch of children attitude" is not superior, it is hopeless. It's not a solution, but sometimes it feels like that's all there is. I suspect even divine intervention would only serve to stir up antagonism.