[WillowTheWhisp]

I know it's part of the history Jen but the problem is that in a lot of people's minds it isn't history. When it inflames (pardon the pun) animosity between people then perhaps it's time to reassess. I don't know if I'm explaining myself very well here so please forgive me if I'm not. It just saddens me when history is used as a way of having a go at people now. If it could be kept in perspective that would be fine. I cringe when the Orange paraders insist on marching through 'Catholic areas' though. When I was a little girl the sound of a big bass drum seemed menacing to me.

When I was in Ireland in my late teens early 20s, because I have an English accent, I was occasionally confronted by people who didn't know me who would tell me what 'you people did to us'. At such times I would point out that not only did I personally never do any of it, but my ancestors were also being 'done unto'. Mind you, it should have dawned on them because I knew all the words to the rebel songs and could play the bodhrán.