recent events

I've been thinking about this over the weekend, I've decided not to watch local TV or listen to the radio about recent events just to comment on what I hear and see living in Belfast. "How are you supposed to make a living" with the current economic climate it's difficult enough to make a living for people and then a handful of people try and kick this off again. "I'm thinking about the security forces again" worry over people out and about again doing their daily business a lot of it is under the surface hidden a touch of fear over St Patricks day mostly people are around and about doing their daily business eating and drinking. The lord Mayor of Belfast was over in East Belfast shaking hands with church goers mostly people don't want this to kick off again, a few people are bewildered. On TFI french TV( watched over the internet) there was a reporter stationed in Belfast ( good for the hotels again) reporting he interviewed some students in front of Queens the students were saying "I don't ever remember this happening in my lifetime and I'm just not interested" Don't we all have to be interested?? do we all not have to take a look at what part we play in this wee country of ours? Understand the complexities and layers think about the institutions we set up to govern the place, look at who we are voting in to run the place.Understand that by doing nothing, thinking that it is someone else's problem that this is how the hatred continues. This is how a few men (usually) take up arms and terrorise the rest of us.

Later. I'm in town now everything is going on as normal but I notice in the sony centre window a news bulletin being flashed across the world of rioting..........................................now isn't that just great ;-(