Tag Archives: Conflict Resolution

Healing Thru Humour

Posted on November 23, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

My “Great Address To The People of America” scheduled for February is now back on track. The SDLP Conference and blogging diverted me away from this for two weeks. All of a sudden I have woken up realising that 73 … Continue reading →

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This Blog Is Going “International”

Posted on November 7, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

In early February next year…..I will be heading off to the United States. A friend has invited me to speak to her classes in a series on…………Conflict Resolution. Very excited about this. But it means I have to “up my … Continue reading →

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Politics And The American Sitcom

Posted on October 28, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

A very interesting programme on BBC2 tonight. With the American Presidential Election now just ten days away, it posed the question that Europeans might better understand the reality of American life thru the “sit com” rather than the Presidential Debate. … Continue reading →

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The Myth Of Shared History?

Posted on September 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

A few years ago, there was some controversy over either the 60th Anniversary of “D Day” in 2004. Or maybe it was about the 60th Anniversary of the End of World War Two……..Maybe it was both. Anyway these are jamborees … Continue reading →

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That Apology

Posted on September 6, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

So the choreography is in place for the Covenant Parade to go past St Patricks Church later this month. Step 1…….The Loyal Orders apologise to the Priest and parishioners of St Patricks for the bad behaviour of one of their … Continue reading →

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The FitzjamesHorse Guide To Truth And Reconciliation

Posted on July 21, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I am a skeptic about Confict Resolution. My basic premise is that our Conflict was not resolved. We deliberately chose vagueness……”creative ambiguity” was the catchphrase. I always believed it to be a very dodgy concept. Even more dodgy when having … Continue reading →

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Oor Wullie…Still A Victim

Posted on May 18, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Although I knew people who died as a result of the Troubles…old school friends, neighbours, colleagues and attended several funerals, I cannot claim to be a victim. No family member died. I therefore often wonder how I would have reacted … Continue reading →

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The Commission For Victims And Survivors

Posted on October 8, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

In a speech to the McCluskey Civil Rights Seminar in County Louth, Brendan McAllister, a Commissioner at the Commission For Victims and Survivors went public with some figures that I posted in a blog recently. There are 1.7 million people living in … Continue reading →

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Dealing With The Past……Yet Again!

Posted on September 6, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

The Conflict Resolutionists……….they have’nt gone away you know. Platform for Change, the high priests of “lets get alongerism” held an event on “Dealing With the Past” in the Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast and I went along. The most public … Continue reading →

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Culture After Conflict: (British-Irish Studies Event)

Posted on August 14, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Culture After Conflict: Between Remembrance and Reconciliation: Ulster Museum 23rd March …Sponsored by Instiute of British-Irish Studies (IBIS) at UCD. Following closely on “Remembering the Future” a CRC event, IBIS held a related event at the Ulster Museum. There were … Continue reading →

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