Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
Perhaps this sort of coded sectarian comment-- referring as it does to Protestant Loyalists in Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom-- could be avoided in the future?
It's a statement of fact and being part-Irish I don't take offense. However, regarding the law of unintended consequences, "sashes" and "rosettes" are worn by ladies, and gentlemen wear "plaids", fly, mini-fly, or piper's, but not strictly a sash.