Below
is a selection of open-ended responses that relate to the question:
'And what about in 5
years time? Do you think relations between Protestants and Catholics
will be better than now, worse, or about the same as now?'
Community relations will always be bad
because of political groups like the DUP and Sinn Fein.
Community relations will eventually go
downhill again, once 'loyalists' feel threatened that their community
will be out-grown. They will cause trouble at the thought of a United
Ireland.
Community relations will not change in
Northern Ireland until one side realises what they are doing is wrong
and that they are ruining the lives of young children who are dragged
into the situation.
I think relationship between Protestants
& Catholics should get better before they get worse.
I think they are improving slowly as
more and more people realise that violence doesn't solve any problems,
and isn't the way forward. Too many people live in the past and cannot
concentrate on the future. The silent majority are not sectarian or
bigoted - the small noisy minority may be to some extent.
I would hope that people would move on
and forget about the past and try to focus on building a better future
in N[orthern] Ireland.
If there is going to be any improvement
in community relations then people need to stop accepting when children
see it [to be] ok to hate someone simply because they are of a different
religion. Children growing up now are going to improve things in the
future but not if they are encouraged to be hateful as most people
in this country are.
It needs to change, for the better!
Progress is a slow process unfortunately
but hopefully we can work together to produce a permanent peace. We
have come a long way, but have much farther to go, consider the last
election results, they reflect the desperation that people are feeling,
this needs to be addressed.
They must improve if we are to move forward.
They need to improve.
