Below
is a selection of open-ended responses that relate to the question:
'How favourable or
unfavourable do you feel about people from the Catholic community?'
NB: Square brackets indicate where the text was edited for grammatical
reasons.
I hate sectarianism. I have no problem with the Catholic community
who aren't sectarian. I prefer Irish people to British people. But
I hate sectarianism with a vengeance and although I am not in the
middle of it, I want to leave the country.
I hate the abuse both sides get. I'm Protestant, but 90% my friends
are Catholic and I love them. I get verbal abuse that I'm hypocritical
from my side. All in all it's only a label and both are as bad as
each other.
If people feel strongly about their religion then of course, there
are going to be conflicts with people that have different beliefs.
Water and oil just don't mix! The thing that annoys me is that over
the post 20 years the Protestant people have been intimidated by Sinn
Fein. IRA and many have been murdered but yet the leaders of Sinn
Fein sit in our government, drive fancy cars + live lives of luxury,
where is the justice?
If people feel strongly about their religion then of course, there
are going to be conflicts with people that have different beliefs.
Water and oil just don't mix! The thing that annoys me is that over
the post 20 years the Protestant people have been intimidated by Sinn
Fein. IRA and many have been murdered but yet the leaders of Sinn
Fein sit in our government, drive fancy cars + live lives of luxury,
where is the justice?
I've answered quite indifferently in these questions, because I
feel that judging somebody has nothing to do with race or religion
but quality of personality. You get racists in all races so I don't
want to give generalisations.
Northern Ireland is full of people who can't accept other peoples
race of religion.
People still prefer to know which religion someone is so that they
will know how to act around that person. Our society needs to be a
lot more used to multi-religious and multi-ethnic factors.
Religious and racial intolerance is only related to a minority in
N. Ireland, but we all get tarred by the same brush.
The reason I have put so many 'I don't know' is because people in
N. Ireland rarely 'flaunt' which religion they belong to.
They [community relations] just get worse because more Catholics
are getting progeny and they start fighting easier.
