As Belfast erupts again for another night, as locals attempt to rid their community of the deadly threat the authorities have planted in their midst, the mutilated victim's family speeaks out..in someone else's words?
Meanwhile, Mr Ogilvie's family said they were 'completely devastated' by what had happened and called for calm.
In a statement posted on the Facebook page of DUP MLA Phillip Brett, they said: 'We want to say a profound thank you to the local people who bravely stepped in during the attack.
'We are aware of the tensions and talk of protests following this incident. We want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward.
'We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including in our healthcare system and hospitality sector and we depend on them to make our country work.'
Noe, the appeal for calm I can believe, it's a natural response, not wanting your loved one's memory tarnished, but the appeal for migrants? Sorry, I just don't buy that as a typical response to having an imported low IQ savage who doesn't belong in the country butcher your loved one on the street. I wouldn't expect that from a 'Guardian' columnist, much less an ordinary family from Belfast! I sense the dead hand of the government behind this statement.
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Tangentially, re IQ: it is a truth universally acknowledged that malnutrition in utero and in childhood adversely affects brain development, causing impaired cognitive ability, impulsiveness and potential aggression.
It is also accepted fact that Sudan and neighbouring countries have suffered repeated famines exacerbated by ongoing civil war (aggression again) over the past five decades and more - even the Guardian couldn’t brush Live Aid under the carpet.
While IQ is something of a blunt instrument, multiple studies place the average in Sudan in the low 80s (with Somalia in similar statistical territory). It is, however, effectively taboo in official circles to join the dots and accept that migrants from the area might therefore be relatively unlikely to ‘make a deeply valuable contribution to our country’.
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