Scotland's Shame

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Matt Newsome wrote:-

Have we really reached that point where displaying an image of the pope on a scarf is considered a danger for "potentially causing a riot?"

The Sun article is not very well written and could be construed as suggesting such but the way I read it was that it was the cop's over-reaction in confiscating the scarf which could have potentially caused a riot, not the displaying of the image of the Pope.

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The Sun article is not very well written and could be construed as suggesting such but the way I read it was that it was the cop's over-reaction in confiscating the scarf which could have potentially caused a riot, not the displaying of the image of the Pope.

That was what I got out of the article also. So basically we have a potentially riotous response to an (overzealous) attempt to reduce rioting.

That's just sad. Have we really reached that point where displaying an image of the pope on a scarf is considered a danger for "potentially causing a riot?" Really?

Sadly we (I think on both sides of the pond) have become so PC that we start looking at things that may make someone feel uncomfortable as a high crime against society.

My best friend is a Roman Catholic and sadly a Rangers supporter.I'm an atheist and a Celtic supporter..we get along just fine..except on Old Firm match days, when there is some heavy trash talking,but never has our religious views(or lack there of) ever come into the conversation!

That's rather the point. In a Celtic v Rangers game there is absolute identity between religious affiliation and which team the fans root for. They are the same. Catholics are for Celtic and Protestants are for Rangers. If there had been a riot, untangling whether it was religious or team related would necessarily be entirely impossible.

Not knowing the whole situation I was going to ask about this, are certain teams supported more by members of certain denominations? I guess that is the case. So is this move an attempt to end sectarianism at sporting matches only or throughout society in general?

We had enough problems with how threads went even when tartan was involved during the Pope's visit.

Yes, but IMHO those threads were lead astray by folks who set out to do just that because of sectarianism, not despite it. I haven't seen such happen in four pages of posts in this thread yet.