Has
there been any time in the last year when you felt intimidated or
threatened because people were wearing certain football strips – for
example, Rangers or Celtic?
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The only people in N. Ireland who have a problem with religion are
not very smart, e.g. in Derry a Catholic will only refer to hating
someone or calling them a Protestant if they do not support Celtic.
This reflects the level of intelligence in some people.
I would like community relations to improve as they can be quite
bad in certain areas. You can't even go out in places wearing certain
football shirts etc. without being worried about what people might
say or do to you.
[…] Cannot go into Belfast wearing a Protestant related shirt while
Catholics can wear Celtic ones. […]
There is always friction when there [are] parades or Rangers and
Celtic matches. I feel very intimidated by this, both sides are to
blame. N. Ireland will never be peaceful.
