ger at Derry meeting
By Tuesday night, neither anger nor determination had abated. For
once a Derry meeting started on time - by 7:30 pm, upwards of 700
people squeezed themselves into Pilots Row Community Centre. It
was standing room only, and that was 3 deep against the walls,
with people crowded onto the floor.
BRG leader Donncha MacNiallais invited everyone to a protest in
Guildhall Square at 3 pm on Thursday, when Mo Mowlam meets local
councillors. One woman pointed out the futility of talking to her
and called for a clear message from protesters: ``Mo: GO!''
Others called for complete opposition to Saturday's planned march
of 20,000 Orangemen, with a variety of suggestions. A multi-start
march from all areas of the city will be held on Friday night,
converging on the City Centre at 7 pm. Businesses were called
upon to close, so that ``if the Orangemen march in this city on
Saturday, it will be into a dead city and out of a dead city.''
Gerard Rice of the Lower Ormeau Residents got a standing ovation.
He pointed out that rioting must not be allowed to change the
focus from the British and Orange state's blame in all this. ``It
is very important that the media focus on who the real enemies
are. Mo Mowlam has included nationalist rioting in her game plan.
He asked ``What is the acceptable level of loss of life in the
nationalist community for the British? It seems that nationalists
are easy killed and easy buried. There is no acceptable loss of
life for the British within the unionist community.''
other woman reiterated this: ``Nationalists and young Catholics
have been told by the British that they are expendable. Mo Mowlam
is going to make the same cost-benefit calculation this time as
last: She reckoned that the Catholic backlash would cost less
than the Orange backlash. Let's give her different sums this
time.''
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