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Sectarianism debate needs light, not heat

THE poet John Donne was right: no man is an island entire of itself.

We are what we are, fashioned by our history, by our past experiences and our sincerely held beliefs and, yes, also by our prejudices. That means dealing with the many facets of the history that helped to shape us and make us what we are today – in Scotland that also entails taking on and confronting some pretty unpleasant, unpalatable facts that still have the power to hurt or disfigure.

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