tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post7986978677298589568..comments2024-03-28T23:49:28.343+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: One Hundred Years OnDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-79473976540150593372012-09-29T22:15:20.962+01:002012-09-29T22:15:20.962+01:00There is a certain momentum getting behind the not...There is a certain momentum getting behind the notion that Norn Iron Catholics......such as my self, wife, two sons and two daughters-in-law cant wait to support the"Union". Naturally these things ebb and flow ....indeed I would recall that in 1962 and the 50th Anniv of the Covenant which I remember (largely because sports programmes were cancelled) the union would have been more secure as the IRAs border campaign Operation Harvest was petering out in abject failure.<br /><br />Which is why people should be wary of stuff said on Norn Irons worst political weblog Slugger O'Toole, unless of course its me that is saying it.<br />Ex-BBC producer Brian Walker calls for a new covenant. I can see a certain unionist logic in that.<br />But the point is that this current Decade of Centenaries is as much a Decade of 50th Anniversaries...including the Outbreak of the Troubles, Internment, McGurks, Bloody Sunday, Whterock, Claudy Bombing by IRA, Bloody Friday, Direct Rule, Civil Rights Movement, the formation of the Provisional IRA, Alliance Party (boooooo) SDLP (hooray).<br />Conflict Resolutionists.....a risible bunch of people have the Titanic, Covenant, Easter Rising, the Somme etc written as "shared history". <br />But they have no real control over those half-centenaries.<br />And dare I say.....events dear David events.<br />Some of the leading people in the last four decades are now in their twilight years. Theres a fair number of respected and reviled octogenarians around and a whole new set of circumstances will be created around their passing.<br />A sombre thought........and not a nice one.....<br /><br />Sorry I didnt pass on good wishes for your birthday...hectic week<br />FJHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com