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Irishman David Quinn says the Irish have become intolerant about public manifestations of religion.
But, he says, “We really shouldn’t complain too loudly. In New Zealand they have it much worse, if that’s the word.”
“I was in New Zealand on Good Friday three years ago visiting a family member, and on Good Friday no alcohol is sold, all the shops shut their doors and there are no ads on television.”
“But how the advertisers and the commercial stations must wail. Think of the lost revenue. Think also of just one day in the year that is commerce-free.”
“We’ve become such a strange, intolerant place about public manifestations of religion. We used to have Eucharistic processions down the main streets of the major towns and cities around the country. Now only some do it.” Continue reading
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