On 3 November the News Letter reported that "sheep belonging to a Protestant farmer in Tyrone have been painted in the colours of the Irish tricolour as part of an ongoing campaign of intimidation", giving rise to a considerable amount of sheep-relating joking in the media, blogs, and everywhere else.
But across the unionist spectrum politicians lined up to condemn the prank.
Willie Frazer, from the Protestant victims group FAIR, condemned the prank, and said that it was "a clear warning to the isolated Protestant farmer".
UUP MLA Billy Armstrong condemned the attack for raising tensions in "an area where Protestants and Roman Catholics live side by side". "This was a sectarian attack and Halloween prank," he said.
Today, though, UTV reports that a human being has had his car destroyed in a suspected sectarian attack. But that human being was a Catholic (or was perceived to be one) – so it will be interesting to see if his case receives as much attention from the likes of Frazer and the UUP as the 'protestant' sheep did.
It would represent a new low for unionism if Catholic victims are placed lower than sheep in their hierarchy of victims.
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"It would represent a new low for unionism if Catholic victims are placed lower than sheep in their hierarchy of victims."
I think you'll find the victim was The Protestant sheep owner - Jesuit
LOL
Surely they didn't spray his head green and his arse orange?!!
Willie - What exactly was this a clear warning of? You must have breathtaking intellectual powers of deduction denied to us ordinary mortals. Was it a warning of a) Eviction; b) Assassination; c) Sheep rustling; d)Forced conversion to papism of the poor sheep; e) Something else.
Please elaborate Willie.
Billie doesn't seem to be very far behind in his analytical abilities. 'This was a sectarian attack and Halloween prank'. How did the attacker know that the sheep belonged to a sect? I like the Halloween bit though, overtones of satanism. I wonder was the sheep forced to partake in any demonic rites. Maybe we need Sherlock Fraser to look into this.
Wise up, you pair of twats and get a sense of humour!
It was a warning of velcro gloves.
As such one expects a man adorned in a union jack to demonstrate personally what has happened to the "sheeple" of N.I. who are disloyal, papists, shinners etc.
Watch for the YouTube video.
Wait... did you say that they were PROTESTANT SHEEP??!
Only last night the head of PSNI representative body gave an interview that backs up the point made by Horseman in this post. Referring to the disbandment of the PSNI Reserve, he listed various security threats, all of which related to dissident republicans and the senseless killings of two British soldiers and a policeman. One might have thought that loyalist murder in Coleraine might have merited a mention, but no. Attacks on Catholic are of no significance in Unionist circles.
Ever thinking of setting up an ulstersdoomed facebook page horseman?
NTNA said:
"Willie - What exactly was this a clear warning of? You must have breathtaking intellectual powers of deduction denied to us ordinary mortals. Was it a warning of a) Eviction; b) Assassination; c) Sheep rustling; d)Forced conversion to papism of the poor sheep; e) Something else.
Please elaborate Willie.
Billie doesn't seem to be very far behind in his analytical abilities. 'This was a sectarian attack and Halloween prank'. How did the attacker know that the sheep belonged to a sect? I like the Halloween bit though, overtones of satanism. I wonder was the sheep forced to partake in any demonic rites. Maybe we need Sherlock Fraser to look into this.
Wise up, you pair of twats and get a sense of humour!"
I can't believe you're from NI and can ask a question like: "How did the attacker know that the sheep belonged to a sect?". They knew exactly who owned those sheep and what his religion was.
If the vandals were Loyalists, this pathetic little blog would be full of people screaming victim.
Dazzler,
Ever thinking of setting up an ulstersdoomed facebook page horseman?
I can't really see the point, Dazzler, tbh. What would I post on it? And imagine if Andrew McCann wanted to be my friend? Think of the crisis that would cause me
;-)
Hilarious :-))))
M25
"If the vandals were Loyalists, this pathetic little blog would be full of people screaming victim."
Lets face it, if Loyalists were involved there would be one very confused Protestant farmer scratching his head wondering why somebody painted Union Jacks' on his sheep.......
Horseman!
Bloody Hilarious
Perhaps you should start an Andy subsection?
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