Re: I am [no longer] the "one in ten"


"Féachadóir" <Féach@d.óir> wrote in message
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> Scríobh "Gerry Doyle" <alacrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> >"Féachadóir" <Féach@d.óir> wrote in message
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> >> Scríobh "Gerry Doyle" <alacrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> >
> >> >"Féachadóir" <Féach@d.óir> wrote in message
> >> >news:poiko118umk0kc5m860jvm673ja78vjnbe@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> Scríobh "Gerry Doyle" <alacrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> >> >
> >> >> ><jeap_2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> >> >news:1133101776.095833.137810@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> >> Do you mean that they should follow the Garda
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> GARDA EMPLOY JUST 14 PROTESTANTS IN A FORCE OF 12,000
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> THE Irish police employ just 14 Protestants in a force of around
1
> >> >> >> 2,000 officers, sources have told the News Letter.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >More an issue of class than religion.
> >> >>
> >> >> No, its an issue of rent-a-quote. Read the last two pars:
> >> >>
> >> >> A Garda source said: "I have it on very good authority that
> >> >> there are just 14 Protestants in the Irish police force. One
> >> >> female and 12 male officers and one male of sergeant rank."
> >> >>
> >> >> A spokesman for the Garda said he could not confirm or deny
> >> >> the claim as he believed the Irish force does not keep an
> >> >> official record of its religious or ethnic make-up.
> >> >>
> >> >> In other words, it seems nobody knows.
> >> >
> >> >Nevertheless, whatever the numbers may be, they will still be more to
do
> >> >with class than religion.
> >>
> >> Maybe. But since there are no studies, your hypothesis is as much a
> >> stab in the dark as claiming any difference is due to sectarianism.
> >
> >Nobody said it was anything to do with sectarianism though, did they?
>
> Ah, but you see I speak fluent SCI-between-the-lines-ese. When a
> thread about religious makeup of the PSNI gets a response about the
> number of Protestant Guards, the subliminal whataboutery isn't that
> hard to spot.

Doesn't matter, 'my hypothesis' nevertheless remains as valid as any other,
and it's more than just a stab in the dark.

G

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