Re: Robert Rogers - A Northern Irish Perspective.

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: : I have to agree with others on the Board that it is a sad indictment of the times - and continuing times for some of us, that people still think in such ways about different cultures.

: : Speaking from a Northern Irish perspective, and in particular in light of certain events here, which I'm sure everyone has seen on TV - I have to say that it is an attitude that has withstood our so called progression into civilisation. Sadly  in Northern Ireland I still hear divided communities here refer to themselves directly as the Cowboys or the Indians in a lighthearted referral to the continuing aggressions that occurr here. How ironic I thought therefore in hearing about the words of RR.

: : That said, I don't believe that we should excuse killing as a rite of passage as a customised act of the times. It was wrong 1,000 years ago and is wrong now. 

: Wolfie -- well said!  It still happens in more countries -- or, more acurately, more societies -- than I care to think about.  Here in the States, for instance, there are societies now where it is important for a boy/young man to go prison as a right of passage,  often for murder.  One can more easily explain it, I suppose, in "savage" races of 200 years ago, than we can today -- it's unfathomable to me that such violence is STILL part of growing up in certain places. 

: It's equally sad to hear the terms "cowboys and Indians" used in places like Northern Ireland, as you say, given what has been going on there!  

: Sarah


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