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Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:53:04 +0000

Are you trying to deny that, in a column in the Irish Times, she demanded that the Catholic Church transfer ownership of some of its schools to compensate the State for the compensation which it paid to victims of sex abuse? Yes or No.

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Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:40:04 +0000

edmondde

I am anti-Protestant aggression. I do not make attacks on the Protestant religions or the Protestant churches - nor do I interfere with their policies or rules. Unfortunately many Protestants, including yourself, seem incapable of the same conduct towards Catholics. That includes some Protestant clergymen - and not just from the Free Presbyterian Church. e.g. On Easter Tuesday of 1970 a Church of Ireland minister publically stated \"The RC Church is wicked and evil\".

You say that I am \"very unrepresentative\" of my community. What if I am? Andjust how unrepresentativeam I?. Do you actually believethat I am the only Catholic who has been ill-treated by Protestants and who resents the experience? Do you think that only a few Catholics resent Protestant privilege and Protestant aggression - such as strutting in Orange parades through Catholic districts, the persistent insulting of Catholic workmates or frequent and persistent Protestant interference in the internal affairs of the Catholic religion?

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:47:04 +0000

The first policeman killed was Victor Arbuckle. He was shot dead on the Shankill Road in the autumn of 1969.
The Provisional IRA was set up as a Catholic defence force and then\"defence\" became rather elastic.I never approved of the Brits Out campaign - political or military - and I am still opposed to a Untied Ireland, howsoever achieved. That, however, does not change the fact that the IRA was the result of Protestant aggression, not thecause of that aggression.

Of more than 300 members of the IRA killed in Northern Ireland, less than 10 were natives of Eire. If Irish nationalism could not motivate the young men of Eire, why did it do so for their counterparts in Catholic Ulster? The answer: Protestants.

P.S. Where did you get the idea that I defend paedophiles?

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:16:29 +0000

cassie Is your calling me "sectarian" a case of the sly fox noticing his own stink first. I have not interfered in the internal affairs of any Protestant Church nor have I been involded in propaganda aimed at putting Protestant children into the clutches of Catholic teachers.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:56:05 +0000

I am not impressed with yourattempts to white-wash Protestants by explainingall their misdeeds as a response to the IRA, fear of a United Ireland etc. etc. Why not tell the truth? Their aggression against Catholics is the result of sheer downright sectarian malice (just as in Scotland)- aggravated by a fear of losing their privileges over Catholics.

You have been guilty of aggression against Catholics e.g. your attacks on RC Church rules.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:51:04 +0000

When Fr Pat Buckley sued his bishop for unfair dismissal, why did the Industrial Tribunal rule that it had nojurisdiction in the matter?

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:43:29 +0000

Leave it to Catholics to decde who teaches their children.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:20:04 +0000

You are the person who accused me of being dumb.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:18:04 +0000

Trying to put them in the clutches of anti-Catholic teachers.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:16:05 +0000

So you intend to persist with your sectarian aggression against Catholics.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:15:04 +0000

Stating that it was a lesser crime than child rape is a long way from saying that it is ok.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:14:04 +0000

When are you going to produce your evidence that I said that an adult preying on teenage boys is ok?
I disapprove of playing on words. I am a Catholic.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:13:04 +0000

In one of your earlier posts on this thread.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:11:04 +0000

I disagree with your theory that Protestant terrorism was a response to the IRA.

The Malvern Street atrocity took place in late June 1966 at a time when the IRA had been inactive for about 6 years. In 1969 many Catholics were killed before the Provisional IRA was formed. The first cross-border bombing was by the UVF against a target in County Donegal. The first policeman shot dead was Victor Arbuckle on the Shankill Road.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:05:05 +0000

How the RC church engages the services of its priests is a matter for the RC Church.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:32:00 +0000

cassie The best way to ensure the safety of your children is to keep the schools segregated. How often have I told you that?

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:30:06 +0000

So once again you have resorted to personal abuse. Whether you like it or not, I am a Catholic who answers back.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:10:25 +0000

njmcc Please keep out of the internal affairs of the RC Church. Point of Information. Catholic priests are NOT empoyees of their church. Presbyterian ministers are.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:32:27 +0000

edmondde seems to have forgotten about the Malvern Street atrocity.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:19:04 +0000

Who said that there is anything wrong with trying to bring rapists and protectors of rapists to justice?.

There is plenty wrong with trying to put defenceless Catholic children at risk.