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I will try to put these comments in chronological order, in an attempt to create a narrative of the events.
Me: What do you think of when someone mentions Sectarianism?
"@ATouchOfCrouch: @Ry_Cole (Celtic is traditionally associated with Catholics while Rangers is associated with Protestants. They like having a bash with each other just cause of the religious divides.
Me: Yeah, thats true, but do you think there is any racism behind this?
Jasmine_Chila (Forum poster) : Hi there, I'm from Scotland (currently Edinburgh, grew up in Glasgow). I've never lived in England so I wouldn't be able to compare it to what you consider as normal, but yes, generally you know who comes from a Catholic family and who comes from a Protestant family. Although the majority of the younger generation don't really divide themselves on any physical level by this, and a good number consider themselves agnostic, there's still a general difference in upbringing between Catholic families and Protestant families.
In the West Coast (I've not been in the east long enough to know) even the tiniest villages have both a chapel and a protestant church, and school assemblies for Christmas and Easter in Primary Schools alternate between the two. When I was at Primary School (Not too long ago, I'm only 19 now) there was always a couple children in the class whose parents ban them from attending events in a church of the opposite denomination. It's probably the same in England.
In England about 8% of people are Catholic, while in Scotland that's about 17% so there's a stronger influence of seperate Catholic schools etc. which further divide kids.
Don't forget the issue of football. While the yobs who identify their football teams as their respective religions are usually unreligious in the extreme, they will take any excuse to fight and this is a major cause of sectarian tensions. Yes, Sectarianism has been a problem in Scotland for a long time, but I do believe things are changing.
Me: I must agree with the Yobs and the their any excuse to fight heightening Sectarianism and getting it into the headlines.
TmJordan: @Ry_Cole: Well it's just senseless then, no excuses, if there was no fighting it wouldn't matter as much. There are just some idiots in the world.
Me: Well, I'm thinking of trying to include the senselessness of the whole thing into my film. If my lead characters Dad tries everything to deter his son from marrying a Catholic girl (when he is Protestant) which includes murdering him, would that come across as being senseless? Would you think the audience would understand and want to stop these crimes?
Narney:
When I was at school( in England), I was unaware of the religion of my mates. We didn't have any expressions like "left footer". We didn't talk about religion. It might have been different if there had been a lot of ethnic minority pupils at my school, but there weren't.So yeah, I could quite like to see the film and hopefully those will respond will realise the uselessness of Sectarianism.
I am aware of the football issue, but from what you say it is more to do with belligerence than with deep-seated sectarian antagonisms. The difference with England is that, as far as I am aware, no club is seen as Catholic or Protestant, even nominally.
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