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East belfast loyalists to take down sectarian murals/grafitti

girlfriend not in a coma | 21.01.2003 23:24

The 3 main loyalist paramilitary groups in east belfast, the UVF, UDA and red hand commandos, in a gesture of goodwill to the catholic and republican population of east belfast, are to take down any sectarian grafitti or murals in an effort to defuse any sectarian tension surrounding the republican short strand enclave.

The removal of offensive sectarian graffiti and murals is a big step in the right direction for working class loyalists, and is in essence a hand stretched out in friendship and reconcilliation. This move is to be commended, and will contribute towards repairing and mending the recently damaged cross community relations. Working class loyalist paramilitaries have also stated that they wish to resume cross community activities with their republican and catholic short strand neighbours. I believe working class loyalist paramilitaries are genuine in these efforts and are grateful to their catholic and republican counterparts for their support during recent feud with Johnny Adair/LVF. There are decent working class people on both sides of the divide, and with the removal of Adair and also the sectarian graffiti/murals, hopefully this may pave the way for our communities to come together again to fight other dangers which threaten the welfare of our working class communities. Remember sectarianism has been entrenched within our communities and institutions for many years, it is a big step to denounce it, reject it, and also to reform, espeacially for paramilitaries. There will be a lot of sceptism on both sides, but I believe it is possible to stand together against our common foes as we did in the 1930s and also recently during Adairs terror campaign.

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  1. all power to the people — **** *** probably the best war in the world
  2. no surrender — PSNI
  3. Shut it PSNI -you're really boring. — dirty kid
  4. PSNI - Prod seeks new intellect? — Col_Buendia
  5. NO platform for the IRA — bad lieutenant
  6. Yawn. — dirty kid
  7. post this to ireland indy — -