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

UK Daily Mail ^ | today | staff

[Mrs. Don-o]

Before the Reformation (a.k.a. "splitting and wrecking") Scotland was a Catholic country. Now --- like Quebec --- it's full of beautiful old churches which have been converted into restaurants, loft apartments, hip-hop studios, and the occasional mosque.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I was in Scotland once --- long story but I'll keep it short --- when a man who didn't even know me saw my Our Lady of Guadalupe button and screamed, "Gae haame, ye scoom!"

[1rudeboy]

A season ticket holder for years, a man takes his regular seat at the Rangers-Celtic match. He looks to his left and notices that the there is a spare seat in between himself and the next season ticket holder.
“Who would ever miss a Ranger-Celtic match?” asked the man of his colleague.
“That was my wife’s seat," he replied. "We been coming together for years, but she passed away.”
“That’s terrible, I'm sorry," responded the first, "but couldn’t you get someone else to come with you? A member of the family or a friend?”
The second man replied, “No . . . they are all at the funeral.”

From BBC News:
Rangers manager Dick Advocaat was caught speeding in Glasgow. The Dutchman was doing 56mph in a 30 zone. He is reported as being very upset about the £60 fine but at the same time delighted with the three points.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Great joke!

Reminds me of another one. A guy is pulled into the alley in Belfast. His assailant, with his hands in a strangle-hold around the guy's throat from behind, snarls, "Protestant or Catholic?"

Thinking fast, the guy chokes out, "I'm Jewish!"

The assailant exclaims, "I can't believe my luck! Allahu Akbar!"

[AnAmericanMother]

LOL - have to take the points anyway you can get them I suppose.

I've heard something similar to the season ticket joke wrt a golfer who stops on the fairway and takes off his hat as a funeral passes. His partner remarks that he appreciates his respect, and he says, "Well, she was a good wife."

[Mrs. Don-o]

Good photo--- but I've never seen that gesture. What does it mean?

[AnAmericanMother]

Yikes! Were you doon the Barras or something?

I was Episcopalian the last time I went to Scotland, I'll have to be careful if I go to Glasgow again. (But with my 6'6" 250 pound husband I should be pretty safe. He's a real pussycat but casual observers don't know that.)

[Porterville]

This is how revolutions begin and lots and lots of people die.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I was in Scotland for a prolife conference!!

[1rudeboy]

Good grief. Could you possibly be more melodramatic?

[Porterville]

I could ad music... something from the end of Schidler's List

I'm just calling it as it is.

[1rudeboy]

No, you are trumpeting your sheer ignorance concerning the subject matter. Read the thread and school yourself on sectarianism.

[Salvation]

Thanks for the ping!

[Porterville]

Getting on trouble for making a cross sign offends you? Or are you upset knowing the European animal is killing itself?

[Mrs. Don-o]

By the way, Scotland was founded on religious beliefs. It became Christian 1400 years ago with the successes of the first Catholic missionary monks.

Much of the Catholic heritage was forcibly destroyed at the time of the Protestant Reformation, but the Scots remained within the Christian fold.

In the Act of Union in 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanently join as Great Britain; this can be considered the founding of the modern political entity of Scotland. It guaranteed that the Church of Scotland would remain the established church in Scotland, and included the restatement of the Act of Settlement 1701 and the ban on Roman Catholics from taking the throne.

Until the mid-20th century it remained a country in which the holidays, laws, literature, values, civic rituals and education were all Christian. Far more so than in the United States at that time.

At present, Scotland is largely secularized, contraceptive, and showing signs of civilization in decline. Its total fertility rate (1.66) is way, way below replacement, and last year the resident Muslims, who make up at most 3% of its population, had 12% of its babies.

[satchmodog9]

I do my part. I do everything I can. Not enough people do their part or simply don't care. PC cowards, a spineless congress and a rogue judiciary seem hell bent(and I mean Hell Bent)on purging Christianity from our land. The Constitution you sent me seems to mean nothing to many in our congress and our judges. They apply the actual intent of the law only when it is politically expedient. They make the rules and give them to us. We need to take that back and in a big hurry. Sad thing is, my tag line applies to most people in this country.

[1rudeboy]

Look. The simple fact is that Catholic and Protestant fans have been taunting themselves for decades at soccer matches in Scotland. To turn-around now and claim it is evidence that the "European animal is killing itself" is an excellent example of pounding a square peg into a round hole. Find another one that is more suitable (there are plenty).

[Brian Allen]

<< Soccer player gets criminal record for making Sign of the Cross >>

Anyone is absolutely kidding himself who imagines that once great Briain will ever again know the relative (When compared to all other than American) FReedoms once provided it by Rule of Greco/Roman/Judeo-Christian/English Law, will ever again be free of the tyranny of Sharia "law" -- and/or will even survive the plunge into the new and permenant Dark Ages being afforded it and all of Eurabia by the millions of psychopathologically and hesperophobically-terroristic islamanzis and other barbarians already in their midst.

[SmoothTalker]

Celtic-Rangers is a rivalry that has traditionally been religious and there has been a ton of religious hatred in it. Celtic has traditionally been a team supported by Catholics and Rangers by non-catholics. Celtic (although in Scotland) has traditionally had a lot of Irish support and the fans sometimes used to sing IRA songs. It was a huge controversy about fifteen years ago when Rangers signed a catholic player. A lot of their fans really didn't like the idea of a non protestant on the team. Both clubs have been working hard over the last few years to clamp down on sectarian violence and bigotry and this is an offshoot of that. I don't think you would have seen a player getting in trouble for this were it any other two teams in the UK. I hope this background helps.

[SmoothTalker]

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

100% true. The fans in this rivalry make Eagles fans look like a bunch of wimpy old church ladies. They wouldn't let you into the Celtic or Rangers section in the wrong colors. And for good reason, you'd get your #$# beat.