Comments on: St. Patty’s Day Documentary: Belfast is Still a Divided City http://savageminds.org/2010/03/17/st-patty-day-documentary-belfast-is-still-a-divided-city/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Sat, 26 May 2012 03:33:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Johannes Wilm http://savageminds.org/2010/03/17/st-patty-day-documentary-belfast-is-still-a-divided-city/comment-page-1/#comment-629441 Johannes Wilm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:53:32 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2010/03/17/st-patty-day-documentary-belfast-is-still-a-divided-city/#comment-629441 Well, the situation most certainly is ridiculous. However, the part of "independence" in Europe becomes less and less a matter of actual politics. Even if Northern Ireland would be part of the Republic of Ireland tomorrow, just about none of the laws would change, because most of everything comes from Bruxelles. In fact, right now they have their own pound bills. They would lose that and instead get the Euro. I went to Belfast myself about two years ago. I have some friends there who are ethnically protestant but quite fed up with the whole conflict. They really did not care whether the area would be turned over to Ireland or not. The real conflict seems not to be that, but the conflict between those who define themselves through and who get their power through the militia groups and the political apparatus, and those who would prefer to not have to deal with that. Well, the situation most certainly is ridiculous. However, the part of “independence” in Europe becomes less and less a matter of actual politics. Even if Northern Ireland would be part of the Republic of Ireland tomorrow, just about none of the laws would change, because most of everything comes from Bruxelles. In fact, right now they have their own pound bills. They would lose that and instead get the Euro.

I went to Belfast myself about two years ago. I have some friends there who are ethnically protestant but quite fed up with the whole conflict. They really did not care whether the area would be turned over to Ireland or not. The real conflict seems not to be that, but the conflict between those who define themselves through and who get their power through the militia groups and the political apparatus, and those who would prefer to not have to deal with that.

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