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Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: » Of course there is just take a trip to the six counties you will see KAH painted on many walls. It is also used over in Scotland as a religious slur no matter what will be cited on here heard it all before and no it's not true
weldoninhio wrote: » There's nothing wrong with the word hun though? What was there to wash his hands of??
TheBuilder wrote: » When did the SFA last fine Celtic for a banner? Regan washed his hands of the "hun" banner at the final as well. Celtic are being pulled up by UEFA nobody else. There is no protecting any club at all.
Intifada wrote: » Perhaps it was a tongue in cheek reference to the fact that it is a song most frequently heard at Ibrox. When people think of anti Irish/Catholic bigotry they automatically think of Rangers. Why is that?
Jelle1880 wrote: » What Dundee Utd fans ? It was clear Rangers fans.@KennyFarq: Didn't like hearing what I assume were Rangers infiltrators in Utd colours singing "up to our knees in Fenian blood" yesterday at Hampden. That's the Deputy Editor of the Scotsman by the way.
TheBuilder wrote: » Where's the condemnation of Dundee United fans for singing it yesterday? We'd usually have posts of outrage on here or does it only matter when Rangers fans do it?
Intifada wrote: » What about when your fans threw a stroppy over a Microsoft clipart silhouette of a toy soldier shooting a zombie, claiming it was an IRA volunteer? :pac: It matters more when Rangers do it because when they do it it is tens of thousands of them, and their club has a huge history of anti-Irish and anti-Catholic bigotry
Intifada wrote: » Our "mob" don't tend to sing songs that are illegal (not in stadiums at least). That is the pertinent difference here. Being up to your knees in fenian blood, sending the Irish home because their genocide is over etc are not comparable to celebrating a hunger striker - these are not songs of hate, and it is why the charges are laughed out of the courtroom.
weldoninhio wrote: » Whatever about the media, where are the fines for sectarian singing? Stuart Regan basically washed his hands of it. Where is the fine for the banner at the weekend?? It's all geared toward protecting one club.
Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: » Really there was a young guy jailed for four months last week for singing TBB Tell me where is the convictions from your mob.
TheBuilder wrote: » I think people on one side are as paranoid about the media being against them as the people on the other side!
Intifada wrote: » You would have some job arguing that a bigger scene is not made of it at one club than the other.
TheCitizen wrote: » There's nothing wrong with the banner per se, it's not sectarian or anything like that. The point being made however that say at Parkhead there's a banner unfurled with the words of say Sean South or The Boys of the Old Brigade and imagery of Republican martyrs on it then there would be uproar in the media and gnashing of teeth etc.. Celtic FC would probably face sanction or there would be calls for that to happen.We've had this kind of conversation with you before and I recall I think your answer was something along the lines of "well it's not my cup of tea etc. but the UVF etc. profess to defend the country they live in whereas Republicans (who live outside of The Republic) attack it or have attacked it in the past etc." That really isn't a good enough response, doesn't cut it at all. Peter Lawwell got cornered by the media about Republican sympathies and connections with Celtic during a press conference to launch a new kit sponsored by an American company. As far as I can tell, nobody at The Rangers new board has been asked by the media about a mass display of sectarian singing in the recent League Cup Semi Final. If they're going to question these kinds of displays and songs then it has to be across the board. For me the line should be drawn at whether something like a banner or a song is sectarian. That UVF banner and song isn't sectarian, The BOTB or ROH also aren't sectarian, but something like The Billy Boys is, and it's not hard to tell the difference. However there doesn't seem to be the appetite in Scottish society, with the FA authorities and most especially with the Scottish media, to really deal with it in a remotely fair and even handed manner.
Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: » People in glass houses and all that
Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: » I am not keen on it but the last time I looked there was nothing illegal there.
Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: » Always someone else who is wrong or wants an argument never you. I thought better of you but I have been proved wrong once more
Dempsey wrote: » People in glass houses and all that. #specsavers I didn't imply anything other than what I said and you know it. Don't play dumb for the sake of an argument
Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: » No but you implied it when you mentioned youngsters. Filling in the gaps could mean multiple things just because you say ex premier players doesn't make it so And with that get off your high horse and stop being a tit. Absolutely no need for the insults
Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: » Your right it has to be sorted but I will give them longer than a week. They have a few years of **** to wade through. I honestly hate to think what they will find. I am confident they will sort it out
bobbysands81 wrote: » Your money worries are nowhere nearly over until the new Board pumps money into the new company. You're spending millions and millions more a year than you're taking in, your business model is utterly unsustainable... until that is sorted you'll stay in financial trouble.
Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: » Think you will find the money worries will clear up now. That was part of voting a new board in. Really we may need another season in the championship as the crap we have don't deserve to go up but we can have clear out and a lowering of stupid wages in the close season
Jelle1880 wrote: » The song or the banner has absolutely nothing to do with the IRA.