Conflict from the past

The rioting in Belfast is as anachronistic as the event that triggered it, the Protestants' Orange Walks, writes liberal daily La Stampa: "The members of the Orange Order march with their flags and symbols through the streets as if time had stood still and it was still July 12, 1690, when William of Orange defeated the Catholic army of the English King Jacob II. A small world that takes to the streets, 18-year-olds who take their younger brothers, children aged eight to ten, along with them. An absurd, timeless Intifada without visible cause that surges through the generations in its fury."

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