Roddy, you really are a laugh.I have a son at an integrated school. I have taught at an integrated school. I have never seen a poppy sold at an integrated school. I can’t say if people wear them because I don’t pay much heed to them. But the idea that they are on sale at integrated schools is ludicrous. Painting integrated schools as defacto unionist comes close to painting catholics who send their kids to them as ‘useful idiots’. Integrated education is an affront to those who want the NI to remain- how shall I put it- communalist and D’Haunted.Meanwhile, opinion polls consistently show that huge majorities (in the 70-80%) would send their kids to integrated schools if they had the chance.
Roddy’s point about people up to their necks in murder begs a lot of questions about other people up to their necks in murder.
Roddy is, however, right to note that there’s a good deal of that World War 1 ‘unites us all’ guff in NI. I’ve heard it mostly from PUP people and SF people such as Tom Hartley and Martin MCGuinness. I can find the references if you want.