Re: This Cabinet Minister said to me, "Fuwck knows... Archived Message
Posted by dovetailjoint on March 31, 2019, 7:08 am, in reply to "Re: This Cabinet Minister said to me, "Fuwck knows..."
When I was recently in Norther Ireland, I thought there was a definite 'nervousness' in the air when talking to people. Many were nervous about losing their EU-funded jobs. One guy mentioned that businesses in NI can apply for EU subsidies and support, if they can show that they have an active policy of recruiting and employing an equal number of Catholics and Protestants. To be honest, I think a lot of the comments here, are from people who seem to live in a fantasy land of political dogma, which is detached from reality. I came away thinking that, it was a good thing that London and the EU had created thousands of new jobs in Northern Ireland for ex-terrorists, to re-habilitate them and give them a role outside violence and terror. Am I supposed to accept that that's a bad thing too? I thought it was a positive, concrete, real, achievement. An attempt to heal the massive wounds in Northern Ireland. Leftwing, rightwing, nationalist, religious, dogmas aren't the way forward. I saw bunches of flowers on the pavement and asked what they were for, and the local guide told me that yet another 'old fighter' had just killed himself. That seems to happen a lot. The terrorists have difficulty re-adjusting to the new society. Another ex-terrorist said that he's spent twenty years trying to bring peace, was all that wasted because of Brexit? For me, Brezit is a grotesque 'joke' that's been played on the British people, by a bunch of charaltans and rogues. If peace in Northern Ireland is threatened by Brexit, then you can shove Brexit on that ground alone. It's not worth the risk, for a nationalist fairytale about 'sovereignty' and taking our power back. Northern Ireland made me think that 'nationalism' is a kind of secular religion for the left, replacing the old myths with newer ones about the nation and the people. Then one has Northern Ireland where conflicting nationalisms and conflicting religious dogmas and symbols clash openly. Being there only made me feel more nervous about the power of secular, nationalist, religious dogmas and how much I disliked all of it.
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