Footballer (Soccer player) gets criminal record for making sign of the cross

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[Kryptonite]

One place I will never take my family. Sheesh.

[dangus]

Scotland isn't very Catholic at all. Presbyterian, Anglican, Methodist. I think England is more Catholic nowadays, but I may well be wrong.

[irishjuggler]

ok correct me if im wrong but isnt scotland like 95 percent catholic?

No, it's more like 16 percent Catholic. The Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) is the biggest denomination there. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_Kingdom#Religions_in_Scotland.2C_2001

[Cacique]

ping

[BW2221]

You'll also see a number of baseball players, particularly Hispanics like "Pudge" Rodriguez of the Tigers.

[BW2221]

It's a good thing the Irish succeeded with their war for independence. For centuries the British had laws in Ireland - one for Irish Catholics and another for everyone else.

These forbid Irish Catholics from voting and holding office. They even had a law that forbid an Irish father from willing his farm to one son. This required that farms had to be broken up. No such law applied to others.

Moving up economically was simple in English-controlled Ireland - simply renounce your faith and Join the Church of Ireland (Anglican).

[metmom]

The opposing team finds it has the power to harass the other team and create disruption therefore it will use this power.

Perhaps it's more about getting the opposing teams players off the field so they can win. If that's the case, it's pretty pathetic to have to resort to those kind of tactics to win.

[metmom]

I just want to meet that kid when he's grown up. Sheesh. Beyond that, I'm speechless.

[ccmay]

are the Rangers simply non-Catholic trouble makers

Rangers are the Protestant team and Celtic are the Catholic team in Glasgow. There is plenty of strife between their supporters. I wouldn't think either side has a monopoly on making trouble. A bunch of hooligans like pretty much all footie fans. Give me cricket or rugby any day.

-ccm

[Washi]

If he had sawed off the opposing goalie's head while screaming "Alahu Akbar!," he'd have gotten a Nike contract.

[traviskicks]

How does he have a criminal record? Is that what a 'caution' is?

[xxyyxx]

Your wrong.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Oh, its just europe continuing down the road to oblivion.Its only ok if your a muzzie.Nobody will say anything then. pathetic.

[Da_Shrimp]

There is a LOT of anti-Catholic bigotry in Scotland. The Rangers fans are Protestant and anti-papist, so they wouldn't have liked the 'Papist' sign-of-the-cross thing at all. Potentially, this could have caused crowd trouble, as Celtic fans are mainly Catholic and Rangers fans mainly Proddies: that's what this is all about! It's not an anti-Christian thing at all.

Very different to England, where no-one cares about the Protestant/Catholic thing any more.

[Roy Tucker]

Although it was the English in the 18th century who brought most of the Irish Catholics to Scotland and shipped Scot Protestants to Northern Ireland in order to pacify both the Irish and the Scots.

Many of the Scots Irish couldn't stand life in Northern Ireland and emigrated to America.

You wouldn't want to be sitting in the wrong stands in Celtic-Rangers matches in Glasgow.

[jjbrouwer]

[Da_Shrimp]

Hi JJ, how the hell are you?

[Da_Shrimp]

You wouldn't want to be sitting in the wrong stands in Celtic-Rangers matches in Glasgow.

You're dead right on that one!

[muir_redwoods]

Talk about intolerant. Imagine how much trouble I'd be in if I heard someone sneeze in Scotland. My automatic reaction could be deemed as an assault by wishing a blessing on someone else.