lichtgilphead Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 hour ago, ICTJohnboy said: Over 4000 at that march according to the Scottish News. Aye BBC did quite a long piece on it & finished off with something like "one of the biggest crowds at a march this summer" As a comparison, here's a note of police estimates of numbers at recent marches: Cowdenbeath Orange Order - 4,000 marchers Stirling AUOB - 10,000 marchers Dumfries AOUB - 15,000 marchers Glasgow AOUB - 35,000 marchers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Potted hOuGh said: Yeah? ...no shit. Anyway, still doesn't detract from the fact there are a load of good people there who didn't want this shit in their town today. Which was my only point really. Did any of these "good people" try and get a stop put to this march? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 minute ago, lichtgilphead said: Aye BBC did quite a long piece on it & finished off with something like "one of the biggest crowds at a march this summer" As a comparison, here's a note of police estimates of numbers at recent marches: Cowdenbeath Orange Order - 4,000 marchers Stirling AUOB - 10,000 marchers Dumfries AOUB - 15,000 marchers Glasgow AOUB - 35,000 marchers Fucking hell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potted hOuGh Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Just now, ICTJohnboy said: Did any of these "good people" try and get a stop put to this march? Have a good night Johnboy. No arugument forthcoming from me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Just now, Potted hOuGh said: Have a good night Johnboy. No arugument forthcoming from me. Wasn't trying to start one. Just wondered if anyone had tried to get a stop put to the march/parade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 22 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: Wasn't trying to start one. Just wondered if anyone had tried to get a stop put to the march/parade. How might anyone do that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: How might anyone do that? Try a steamroller. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: How might anyone do that? Protest to the police citing the likely possibility of public order offences. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Just now, ICTJohnboy said: Protest to the police citing the likely possibility of public order offences. The councils and police have consider this all over the country. They have to balance that against freedom of expression laws. If those get changed it will impact on more than just them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potted hOuGh Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) The colours are green, the colours are blue, When you’re born in this world they give the colours to you, You don’t have a choice. In a city that’s shaped by the scars of the past, Our colours are taken, nailed to the mast, To the songs of the tribes. Some blame it on religion, some call it “The Holy War” A subdivision to cut a city to the core, Another derby day, another casualty, And all the papers say “it’s just another Saturday.” One hundred years of hate and violence, Has brought you home to deathly silence, Your son’s not coming home. History revisited by drunk teenage boys, Too young to remember it, but old enough to die, And the papers say “wrong place, wrong time.” This is our city and these are our colours. Bang the drum, bang the drum, you’re up to your knees in hate Who taught you to hate? In a city that’s shaped by the scars of the past, Our colours are taken, nailed to the mast, To the songs of the tribes. The colours are green, the colours are blue, When you’re born in this world they give the colours to you, You don’t have a choice Edited June 30, 2018 by Potted hOuGh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Potted hOuGh said: You don’t have a choice Of course you have a choice. Edited June 30, 2018 by ICTJohnboy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 12 hours ago, Potted hOuGh said: That DUP hag is visiting Cowdenbeath today and they're shutting the High Street for a huge Orange love in. Fucking cretins. It was more than the High Street which would have been closed it went in a circle so most folk wouldn't haven't been able to get in or out for the town in their cars apart from ones who live on the extreme edges. I went away early over to Edinburgh for our game with Civil Service Strollers so I missed it all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potted hOuGh Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, cowdenbeath said: It was more than the High Street which would have been closed it went in a circle so most folk wouldn't haven't been able to get in or out for the town in their cars apart from ones who live on the extreme edges. I went away early over to Edinburgh for our game with Civil Service Strollers so I missed it all. Quite right too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potted hOuGh Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 hour ago, lichtgilphead said: Aye BBC did quite a long piece on it & finished off with something like "one of the biggest crowds at a march this summer" As a comparison, here's a note of police estimates of numbers at recent marches: Cowdenbeath Orange Order - 4,000 marchers Stirling AUOB - 10,000 marchers Dumfries AOUB - 15,000 marchers Glasgow AOUB - 35,000 marchers Glasgow alone has more Orange Walks in a year than both Belfast and Londonderry combined. Sad reflection on Scottish society in my opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 How might anyone do that?Having recently watched Saving Private Ryan, I'd like to suggest a handful of MG-42s 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Not interested in any sort of walk, rally or a lot of opinions but I fully support the right to express them. If you don't believe in free speech, right to protest, march, whatever then unfortunately you need to follow up with action and log off right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said: Not interested in any sort of walk, rally or a lot of opinions but I fully support the right to express them. If you don't believe in free speech, right to protest, march, whatever then unfortunately you need to follow up with action and log off right now. There is no such thing as absolute free speech. That is why hate speech is outlawed. I’m not sure what Cowdenbeath has to do with Battle of the Boyne. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: There is no such thing as absolute free speech. That is why hate speech is outlawed. I’m not sure what Cowdenbeath has to do with Battle of the Boyne. One minute the football team turns up wearing black socks with red tops and the next the town is infested with fuckwits, what next? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Zen Archer said: One minute the football team turns up wearing black socks with red tops and the next the town is infested with fuckwits, what next? I reckon Cowdenbeath is always infested with fuckwits. There’s just more of them this weekend. Edited June 30, 2018 by Granny Danger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 12 minutes ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said: Not interested in any sort of walk, rally or a lot of opinions but I fully support the right to express them. If you don't believe in free speech, right to protest, march, whatever then unfortunately you need to follow up with action and log off right now. Are they protesting? What about? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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