[Rodney King]

He should have just given everyone the finger, I guess.

[satchmodog9]

coming soon to a republic near you

[metmom]

"This gesture is one which is made by sportsmen and women all over the world, but bizarrely it only seems to cause offence here in Scotland." Boruc is not the first footballer in Scotland to have caused controversy by making the sign of the cross.

So what do they have against Christianity?

[hardworking]

Ah ha....may I suggest that all the fans begin doing a sign of the cross whenever a particularly important move on the field is about to take place. Will they arrest all the fans?

[lightman]

Since when is the sign of the cross and exclusively Roman Catholic gesture?

From Luther's Small Catechism:

"Daily Prayers

How the head of the family should teach his household to pray morning and evening

Morning Prayer.

1] In the morning, when you rise, you shall bless yourself with the holy cross and say:

In the name of God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen."

[ApplegateRanch]

This incident = Rangers complaining.
1999 incident = Rangers complaining.
1996 incident = Rangers complaining.

So, are the Rangers simply non-Catholic trouble makers; or are they totally non-Christian?

[sockmonkey]

I know during the World Cup games I saw a few players making the sign of the cross, and also during NBA games, and the Olympics..

That said, I always make the sign of the cross, and say grace before meals whether I'm at home or out to eat. It drives my one boss crazy, but she has finally stopped throwing tantrums when I do it.

[FReepaholic]

..."Incitement to religious hatred normally involves demeaning the signs and symbols of a person's faith ...

It's not about hatred, it's about power.

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

[freepatriot32]

This gesture is one which is made by sportsmen and women all over the world, but bizarrely it only seems to cause offence here in Scotland."

ok correct me if im wrong but isnt scotland like 95 percent catholic? why the hell would the catholic signing of the cross cause offence in a predominite catholic country? i really am confused here

[ndt]

Wow, I wish I had something more meaningful to say, but all I can come up with is that is pretty friken stupid.

[Revolting cat!]

That's it, the world has gone completely nuts!

[Chode]

[gaijin]

When secularists are less tolerant of Christianity than muslims, what does that show?

That secularism is ITSELF a kind of faith.

And a devouedly intolerant one.

[SAMS]

However, if in the middle of the game, some player named Abdul had tossed down a prayer rug and faced mecca...that would be OK.

[mugs99]

The caution was issued after a six-month police investigation into the incident

Lol...
I guess they needed something to keep the cops busy in their crime free country!
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[Cacique]

ping

[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).

[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?

[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.