ford prefect Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 If it was about celebrating and nothing else, why not hire a field somewhere and march around it to your heart's content? No, it's about rubbing people's noses in it and helping some of life's losers feel a bit better about themselves for the duration of it, before they go back to their squalid little lives. Keep on marching though. It's good point and laugh material for the rest of us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 What a load of utter rubbish. The vast majority of people who go to parades go for the exact same reasons folk attend music festivals- listen to the music and join in a celebration with other like minded individuals. As for attacking those who don't attend??? There was 50,000 people in Glasgow last weekend for the big walk and only 8 arrests (for minor offences) and with police applying a far more aggressive approach than they do to any other public gathering. Apart from urinating in a public place.They weren't aggressive with that law. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Forever_blueco Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 27 minutes ago, mjw said: Apart from urinating in a public place. They weren't aggressive with that law. Might aswell ban football matches in that case then 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 10 minutes ago, Forever_blueco said: Might aswell ban football matches in that case then It nearly happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Are the order of orange using the Seville calculator. 50,000? According to the press less than 10,000 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/3926811/eight-arrested-orange-walk-march-glasgow/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_blueco Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 13 minutes ago, dirty dingus said: Are the order of orange using the Seville calculator. 50,000? According to the press less than 10,000 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/3926811/eight-arrested-orange-walk-march-glasgow/ The sun ? Bastion of truth and honesty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 As for attacking those who don't attend??? There was 50,000 people in Glasgow last weekend for the big walk and only 8 arrests (for minor offences) and with police applying a far more aggressive approach than they do to any other public gathering. Balls. The police fairly turn a blind eye to public drinking with the big march. Admittedly a stupid law but I'm still bitter about being fined £40 for having a tin in the park whereas I saw folk drinking in front of police at 11am to no fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Happy pride day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 15 minutes ago, Forever_blueco said: The sun ? Bastion of truth and honesty http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/police-arrest-eight-during-annual-10721383 http://www.scotsman.com/glasgow/eight-arrests-made-at-glasgow-s-orange-walk-parade-1-4492242 All unionist rags too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duszek Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Does anyone think the Orange Order would be at the level its at in Scotland if it weren't for the popularity of two football clubs who have aligned themselves to two opposing sides of the arguement? Serious question But what "level" is it at? Is anyone other than a knuckle-dragger a member? It's neither mainstream, aspirational, growing or relevant. It's fading away. Shame. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 The march will die out by the next generation. Only wee *** neds give a f**k about it and they'll be doing time soon and all the middle aged men are about two bacon rolls from a heart attack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, Bobby Skidmarks said: The march will die out by the next generation. Only wee *** neds give a f**k about it and they'll be doing time soon and all the middle aged men are about two bacon rolls from a heart attack. Maybe, but people were saying much the same a generation ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenlantern Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Is there any active members of the Orange Order who post on here?Most are quietly embarrassed when asked of their affiliation of such a backwards organisation, and no wonder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 11 hours ago, Henke said: Its not my faith you're insulting so I'm kinda neautral looking in at it,I just don't think its normal behaviour it seems so hate filled & angry,which it shouldn't be, it should be about the celebration of defeating King James,but a lot of these hanger on's even people involved don't know the first thing of the reformation or the battle of the boyne they see it as an extention of their football club,..Yer obviously a fan of these things,but the tune of the melody has the intent,and you know how dangerous these people can be look at holy cross school in N.I,..Kids had to walk through an Orange/Loyalist community to get to their RC faith school subjected to vile sectarian abuse by grown men & women ffs,..so why the need to march through these schemes isn't doing it amongst yer own privately just as good? isn't the reformation of your faith more important that an idealogy,so why not practise that in your local kirk than something that isn't your faith? They didn't have to walk through a loyalist protest (which was totally wrong by the way), there was another route but parents wanted to go their "traditional" route. A Roman Catholic colleague of mine was most vociferous in her condemnation of the parents for forcing their children to undergo the vile abuse and bile which was (quite literally at times) spat at them. Again I state that the ludicrous so called loyalist protest was wrong and the actions of many of those taking part was reprehensible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 11 hours ago, Angusfifer said: So to summarise. A bunch of bigoted fuds are free to express their bigoted fuddery and the rest of us are free to point and laugh. Are we all in agreement? Keep the football out of this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Might aswell ban football matches in that case then Mightaswellary.I suppose you know more than most about bans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Zen Archer said: It nearly happened. Remarkable restraint. Protecting their players. Goading. Etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy85 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 51 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: They didn't have to walk through a loyalist protest (which was totally wrong by the way), there was another route but parents wanted to go their "traditional" route. A Roman Catholic colleague of mine was most vociferous in her condemnation of the parents for forcing their children to undergo the vile abuse and bile which was (quite literally at times) spat at them. Again I state that the ludicrous so called loyalist protest was wrong and the actions of many of those taking part was reprehensible. This post is just bubbling under the surface with bigotry. What a horrible c**t you are. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 this "whataboutery" response is the most pathetic and lazy excuse not to engage or respond to a point. Just claim whataboutery and immediately stop all debate. Exactly the same way the PC brigade shut down debate for years by just accusing everyone of being some "ist" and quashing any dissent.....that ended well for them. Not bad for the guy that shouts 'hate crime' whenever someone is less than pleasant about the brethren.A bigger hypocrite you'd struggle to find on this forum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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