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Conference tallis::celt

Title:	Celt Notefile

Moderator:	TALLIS::DARCY

Created:	Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1632
Total number of notes:	20523

1292.0. "Father Sean McManus versus Unionist Biggot on Crossfire" by KOALA::HOLOHAN () Tue Nov 30 1993 08:45

  Did anyone else catch this on CNN last night.
  It was quite an eye opener.  The biggotry that
  spilled out of the mouth of the British politician
  was amazing.   

  Here is some of the comments from the British
  politician (anyone remember her name?):

  "Unfair employment practices do not exist in
  Northern Ireland".

  "The reason for the high Catholic unemployment rate
  is their education. It is well known that Catholics
  do not learn Maths and Science, like their 
  contemporary counterparts.  I believe this is also
  true of Catholics in the U.S. attending parochial
  schools."

  "You Irish Imperialist".  (This comment was directed
  towards Pat Buchanan, an American)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1292.1	it's hard to believe	KERNEL::BARTHUR		`Tue Nov 30 1993 13:33`	9
	eh, Mark, I'll tell you what, you find out her name and put it in here and i'll do you a favour. If she is who you think she is and said what she said, i'll ask my local MP to answer it! Fair enough? If on the other hand she's a NI bigot, forget it. Bill
1292.2		VYGER::RENNISONM	This is the voice of the Mysterons	`Wed Dec 01 1993 12:05`	7
	Yeah Mark, Give us a name to go on. Right now people might think that ALL British politicians are like that and I'm sure you wouldn't to convey that impression would you now ? I mean it's not like you to tar all Brits with the same brush is it ? MR
1292.3		KOALA::HOLOHAN		`Wed Dec 01 1993 13:36`	7
	As I mentioned in .0 I don't remember her name. I believe it was Maureen Something. She was about 300 years old (well maybe more like 60), and was a representative of one of the Unionist parties in north east Ireland. Mark
1292.4		KOALA::HOLOHAN		`Tue Mar 08 1994 08:39`	7
	I finally got around to contacting CNN in Atlanta. The Unionist was Maureen Mercker, of the Ulster Scot Society. She was the most biggoted, anti-Catholic I've ever heard, after Ian Paisley of course. Mark
1292.5		NOVA::EASTLAND	I'm the NEA, NEH, NPR	`Tue Mar 08 1994 10:29`	4
	Of course you've never made a bigoted statement in your life, have you? (btw, it's spelled 'bigot, not 'biggot')
1292.6		VYGER::RENNISONM	One hundred and eeiigghhttyyyyy	`Tue Mar 08 1994 10:42`	4
	I'm not sure I'd class a member of the Ulster-Scot society as a politician, but never mind. Mark