KYLE PAISLEY: “LA BANDIERA DI S. PATRIZIO DOVREBBE SVENTOLARE NEI GIORNI PROIBITI ALLA UNION FLAG”
Uno dei figli di Ian Paisley propone un compromesso nella controversia della Union Flag
Kyle Paisley, ministro della Oulton Broad Free Presbyterian Church a Suffolk (Inghilterra), ha dichiarato a NewsLetter che c’è la necessità di identificare “una sorta di terra di mezzo” e ha suggerito che la Croce di San Patrizio dovrebbe essere issata sulla Belfast City Hall, nei giorni in cui la Union Flag non può sventolare.
Le osservazione di Kyle Paisley giungono in risposta al dibattito della scorsa settimana all’Assembly, sul volo delle bandiere dai quartier generali di 11 nuovi Consigli, che assumeranno la carica il prossimo anno.
“Tuttavia, i lealisti non dovrebbero servirsi della questione bandiera come pretesto per fomentare conflitti settari, o per attaccare la PSNI, per la gioia dei repubblicani”, sottolinea il figlio di Ian Paisley.
“Se sono così patriottici come dicono, allora forse dovrebbero venire in Gran Bretagna e vedere come vanno quì le cose”.
“Quì la Union Flag non sventola sugli edifici pubblici 365 giorni l’anno – nemmeno a Buckingham Palace”.
“Ma a malapena un’anima in Inghilterra lo considera un indebolimento della sovranità nazionale o dannoso per l’identità culturale”.
The Five Demands 
Considering that I’m from the US and at least three or four generations revmoed from Ireland, it’s difficult to make a reasonably objective judgement about the latest events in Northern Ireland. I grew up Catholic but I have a substantial number of Protestant relatives which offers up an automatic bias; also the fact that I hear a lot of ignorant assertions and sentiments from people who think they know what’s going on in the North. The truth is, none of us in the States have a clue for the simple fact we haven’t lived through the Troubles firsthand, however, we can all attest to the importance of the Good Friday Agreement and the importance of keeping the peace process on track. The sad irony of these recent events is that I’m actually in a class that analyzes religion and political conflict specifically in Northern Ireland, and this has blatantly illustrated the importance in understanding why peace in the region is crucial at this very moment. We’re all holding our breath over here, hoping that yourself, other politicians, the PSNI, the British government, and the entire community of Northern Ireland work together to delegitimize these dissident IRA factions as well as avoid potential retaliation from opposing paramilitaries, “legitimate” and otherwise while also resisting the slippery slope you mentioned into dangerous old practices. I was relieved and ecstatic to hear both Catholic and Protestant leaders and their congregations coming together to pray after the two British soliders were killed…I hope such things keep up. I was young (12) when the Agreement was drafted, but I remember the significance of it and the fear (here in the US) of it failing after Omagh; it didn’t then, and I don’t believe it’ll fail now. Here’s to keeping the peace, and you have our support out here in the States.- Ash
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