Love Ulster. Hate Hatred.

Wow. While I’ve been in new-baby-honeymoon-period, an issue has united most Northern Irish bloggers like nothing before!

Yes, I’m talking about the latest high-quality, totally unbiased Northern Irish publication, Love Ulster. And like the other decent folk out there, I will not link to this piece of crap!

I got the heads up on Jo’s blog, then another piece at Everything Ulster. David Vance hasn’t seen it yet, but finds it hard to love a country!

For my part, I’m disgusted. I took a look at the site earlier today: “How has Sinn Fein / IRA affected your life?”, “Are you angry about the RIR disbandments?” were the first forum topics I saw. Then I dug a little deeper, into a couple of the threads. Strictly for the biggots.

When I started the Levee Breaks website, my aim was to have a site where I could share my thoughts and ideas, particularly about Northern Ireland. How we should and could find an all-inclusive way forward in time. I had a goal.

So, when I look at Love Ulster, I think “What were they (the webmasters) trying to achieve?”. Despite what their blurb might say, it’s all about creating tighter enclaves. More one-sidedness that people don’t need. Especially in the current climate, do we really need to build more fear and distrust?

I don’t think so. Beano at Everything Ulster says he went on to try and stir up sensible conversation. I can see why, and I think it is a noble sentiment. Get them to analyse their preconceptions and see if their reasoning is sound or if it’s on shaky foundations.