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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
Celebrating one's own religion is not really what this is all about. The Protestant/Catholic divide in N. Ireland is/was far more complicated than merely a different choice of religion.
I see your point about people keeping their own traditions and celebrating their own beliefs certainly but it's not as simple as that. It's just not the same as us and our Bonfire Night or the USA and the 4th of July. The history is still very much alive in some people's minds and not in a positive way unfortunately.
Would you worry in this country about whether you, as a Catholic, were going into a 'Protestant pub'? Would it even occur to you, in this country, that there could be such a thing?
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Has it ever occurred to you that we are no longer in a country that has shared favour of bonfire night and other traditional english celebrations? Bonfire night is just as stupid and dangerous, and no, I try to avoid going out on bonfire night if i can, but my younger sister likes to go.
I don't particularly have any major worries about my religion in the ountry but right now muslims all over are worried that they are going to be stereotyped as terrorists/extremists. Our country isn't as simple and safe as one would like to think unfortunatly, and there is also just as much outspoken views against peoples religions here as there are in ireland, it just isnt as black and white and its not as easily split down the middle.