en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2337983 Comments by loe http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/seamus-heaney-i-may-not-toast-the-queen-but-allow-loyalists-to-fly-union-flag-if-they-want-to-16267348.html#IDComment558405026 Thats not a fair comparison. The British population of Ireland is tiny... there are probably more Polish people there. The Irish population of NI is hovering near 50% of the population. Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:20:44 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/seamus-heaney-i-may-not-toast-the-queen-but-allow-loyalists-to-fly-union-flag-if-they-want-to-16267348.html#IDComment558405026 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/lets-put-bickering-over-emblems-behind-us-16266734.html#IDComment557493839 Very intelligent response in fairness. Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:14:42 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/lets-put-bickering-over-emblems-behind-us-16266734.html#IDComment557493839 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/lets-put-bickering-over-emblems-behind-us-16266734.html#IDComment557275409 No idea, but if someone treated me the way you describe the English treating you then I'd be asking questions. Like "what is the meaning of this?" and "how dare you?" Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:21:38 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/lets-put-bickering-over-emblems-behind-us-16266734.html#IDComment557275409 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flags-subject-to-state-regulation-16267188.html?r=RSS#IDComment556661338 yes, I am open to this idea. Lets take down all flags, expecially the union flag... its colours just doesn't go with the Country... and you know what they say, blue and green should never be seen.. Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:01:40 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flags-subject-to-state-regulation-16267188.html?r=RSS#IDComment556661338 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/lets-put-bickering-over-emblems-behind-us-16266734.html#IDComment556089826 How can you be proud to be Irish, British, English or anything else? Its not like you had a choice. If you were born somewhere else then you would probably let that bias your opinions as well. We can only be proud of something we've made or done not who's womb we happened to pass through to get here... We're all very similar when you dig a little, think! Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:59:31 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/lets-put-bickering-over-emblems-behind-us-16266734.html#IDComment556089826 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/lets-put-bickering-over-emblems-behind-us-16266734.html#IDComment556086047 Maybe they are trying to tell you something? Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:53:43 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/lets-put-bickering-over-emblems-behind-us-16266734.html#IDComment556086047 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/exparamilitaries-more-likely-to-be-depressed-16266762.html?r=RSS#IDComment556083552 Its a shame some of the current paramilitaries wouldn't consider suicide.. Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:49:33 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/exparamilitaries-more-likely-to-be-depressed-16266762.html?r=RSS#IDComment556083552 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment555352369 -132!! ROFL... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:06:43 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment555352369 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment554839205 thats funny... sorry I meant to put 'attacking the state' xD Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:15:49 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment554839205 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment554814394 You call that evidence?? lol Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:28:07 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment554814394 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment554813628 That's because they want to keep their options open. Depending on how they feel, they can have a protest and piss a lot of hard working people off or if they feel especially violent and aggressive then they can keep their anonymity and commit criminal damage on the way home for a bit of fun. Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:26:40 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment554813628 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment554811824 There's probably a lot less Loyalists on here because they are all out attaching the state. Or perhaps the ones who want to engage with the democratic process (large majority) have no internet access in East Belfast... possibly because the flag protestors have burned down the local BT exchange!! Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:23:06 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment554811824 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/irish-oil-explorer-granted-rathlin-island-licence-14988172.html#IDComment554808341 Actually to establish the well they have to dig a large hole and another pit in which to put the waste rock etc. It is only when this is done that they start the drilling to which you refer. Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:15:53 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/irish-oil-explorer-granted-rathlin-island-licence-14988172.html#IDComment554808341 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment553561607 Of course, any Nationalists who were rioting will be dealt with the same but the fact remains that 99% of the rioting took place with people from East Belfast. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:47:57 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment553561607 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment553560031 I agree and it took them long enough, the ruc hasn't gone away you know... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:45:14 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flag-protests-wersquore-going-to-make-hundreds-of-arrests-declare-police-as-they-trawl-cctv-footage-16265502.html#IDComment553560031 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/taliban-prince-harry-has-a-mental-problem-16264904.html#IDComment552260083 There is no moral difference between pushing a button on your 'joy pad' in a helicopter and dropping a bomb from 2000 feet killing innocent civilians, than there is to strap a bomb to yourself and murder innocent civilians. Well done harry, we're proud of all you've done! Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:40:13 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/taliban-prince-harry-has-a-mental-problem-16264904.html#IDComment552260083 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/slow-decline-of-the-presbyterian-church-16263908.html#IDComment550378345 That's where all you believers in blind faith fall down. There is no evidence for the existence of god(s) Why not just be honest about it? Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:21:36 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/slow-decline-of-the-presbyterian-church-16263908.html#IDComment550378345 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/slow-decline-of-the-presbyterian-church-16263908.html#IDComment550017097 Thanks and can provide me with some evidence please?? Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:41:33 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/slow-decline-of-the-presbyterian-church-16263908.html#IDComment550017097 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/slow-decline-of-the-presbyterian-church-16263908.html#IDComment549977459 I would argue that only a fool believes a text under a system of blind faith, who has no idea who wrote the text but accepts it as the word of god(s) without any evidence. Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:34:49 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/slow-decline-of-the-presbyterian-church-16263908.html#IDComment549977459 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/slow-decline-of-the-presbyterian-church-16263908.html#IDComment549913701 The sooner religion dies out the better, people might begin to think independently for themselves one day. Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:48:44 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/slow-decline-of-the-presbyterian-church-16263908.html#IDComment549913701