Comments on: Missing the refugees http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2008/01/02/missing-the-refugees/ A Church of Ireland Rector in rural Leinster Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:33:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2008/01/02/missing-the-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Ian Poulton Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2008/01/02/missing-the-refugees/#comment-219 Grannymar, The greatest shame I ever felt was the failure of my own church to do anything effective to prevent the intimidation and burning of Catholic homes, even in the late 90s, by those acting in the name of being "Protestant". The usual excuse that both sides did it doesn't hold water - as my Nan used to say, "two wrongs don't make a right." Aerial shots of Kikuyu people in Kenya flocking to the churches for protection were a frightening reminder of pogroms in Europe not so long ago. Grannymar,

The greatest shame I ever felt was the failure of my own church to do anything effective to prevent the intimidation and burning of Catholic homes, even in the late 90s, by those acting in the name of being “Protestant”. The usual excuse that both sides did it doesn’t hold water – as my Nan used to say, “two wrongs don’t make a right.”

Aerial shots of Kikuyu people in Kenya flocking to the churches for protection were a frightening reminder of pogroms in Europe not so long ago.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2008/01/02/missing-the-refugees/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Grannymar Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:39:27 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2008/01/02/missing-the-refugees/#comment-220 Mary is not a name you hear around here, but there are real Marys if you look properly. Mary is not a name you hear around here, but there are real Marys if you look properly.

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