shiltrum Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Heinz don't do Orange walks, but if they did... There would be 57 of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 From a Harry Enfield sketch. Was mildly funny the first 300 times he used it. ^^^ Actually crying -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 CHEDDAR CHEESE AND PINEAPPLE ON A STICK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Where are you getting condemnations of celebrations in what I have been posting? All I have been arguing is that some of the outbursts on this thread look a lot like what people claim to be opposed to (i.e. bigotry). In Scotland people use that word in a way that's a wee bit different from how it's defined in the dictionary, which is holding an opinion to an unreasonable extent that results in an intolerance of others, and use it in a tribal sort of way as a blanket description of entire groups of people that they don't like. I'm proud to be intolerant - in a 'blanket description' manner - towards members of neo-Nazi parties, the Ku Klux Klan, the OO and indeed any other objectively scumbag, discriminatory organisations. This does not constitute bigotry: because my judgement is based on a rational evaluation of their vile behaviour and attitudes, rather than their members' religion, race, or other irrational reasons for contempt. Thanks for playing anyway, OO apologist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 ^^^ Actually crying Given he's from a part of Belfast that makes Bainsford look like Beverly Hills, I seriously doubt it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Koop Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 INTERMISSION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvYciqwyKzY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BossHogg Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 As should intolerance of those who are selective with their moral condemnation. There are a few on here. I'm selective with my moral condemnation, I reserve the right to show it anytime I wish , and it's usually when morons crawl out from their Churches, onto the streets to to act in an irrational manner, like trying to impose their bigoted views on society.Or when anyone try's to (protect their rights) . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCelt67 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I'm selective with my moral condemnation, I reserve the right to show it anytime I wish , and it's usually when morons crawl out from their Churches, onto the streets to to act in an irrational manner, like trying to impose their bigoted views on society. Or when anyone try's to (protect their rights) . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BossHogg Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 The articulate Dear Leader of the OO...... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XR1_KFwPkbc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I'm selective with my moral condemnation,... The modern values of political correctness haven't really been internalised by most people in Scotland and that very much includes the chattering classes and political elite. What happens instead is that the PC agenda is used selectively as a weapon to target certain groups within society in a way that pushes a favoured identity politics agenda that wins votes for political parties based on visceral level tribalism. The first step to moving away from this scenario would be genuine secularism and an end to all of the state sanctioned involvement of religious groups within institutions of the state, such as the monarchy, armed forces and primary and secondary education. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 The articulate Dear Leader of the OO...... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XR1_KFwPkbc During the Drumcree thing quite a few of these guys were being interviewed on the likes of Newsnight etc...and being elected as councillers and so on,just made themselves look like complete idiots to be honest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I can hear what sounds like an orange march down the road. Lots of flutes and drums. Weird thing is we heard one in the same place yesterday. Why do they need two in such quick succession? Does anyone actually care about them these days? I can also hear cricket outside. A lot of cheering so I think there must have just been a wicket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Good news for people with Orange sympathies South Holland Seafarers 211 all out (Gruijters 62, Myburgh 58. Iqbal 4-27) beat the Reivers (Sharif 43, Seelaar 3-20) by 65 runs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Meanwhile Scotland's other representative in the North Sea Pro series the West coast based "Highlanders" are looking better in Utrecht in their T20 against the Hurricanes having racked up 198 from their 20 overs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 The articulate Dear Leader of the OO...... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XR1_KFwPkbc Clearly the guy is a bell-end (and he is only County Master rather than the High Wizard) but, his drunken bluster aside, there is surely a conversation to be had about the use of Gaelic in Scotland. Last time I took a train to Motherwell station I noticed that it had been subtitled, 'Tobar na Màthar'. Now who is that designed to help? Had anyone previously failed to leave the train because it only said 'Motherwell' and they hadn't realised they had actually arrived at 'Tobar na Màthar'.? My kids are bilingual and my father spoke solely Gaelic until he went to school (though passed on not a word to me and my sister) ergo I am all for linguistic diversity. But should't there be some sort of reasonableness about it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Can you imagine the seethe from Gaelic language advocates if Gaelic placenames were all translated into English in the Highlands and Hebrides and the English translation was placed on road signs alongside the traditional Gaelic one? There's an attempt at the moment to pretend that Gaelic is a national language in an Eire under De Valera sort of way and that definitely does deserve to be subjected to closer scrutiny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 Clearly the guy is a bell-end (and he is only County Master rather than the High Wizard) but, his drunken bluster aside, there is surely a conversation to be had about the use of Gaelic in Scotland. Last time I took a train to Motherwell station I noticed that it had been subtitled, 'Tobar na Màthar'. Now who is that designed to help? Had anyone previously failed to leave the train because it only said 'Motherwell' and they hadn't realised they had actually arrived at 'Tobar na Màthar'.? My kids are bilingual and my father spoke solely Gaelic until he went to school (though passed on not a word to me and my sister) ergo I am all for linguistic diversity. But should't there be some sort of reasonableness about it? Is it something that bothers you in the slightest? I find the signs rather nice TBH and considering we have a Gaelic school in Glasgow i don't see the problem with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Correction The highlanders are east coast (Aberdeen-Dundee-Edinburgh) it's the reivers that are west (Glasgow - Dumfries) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Is it something that bothers you in the slightest? I find the signs rather nice TBH and considering we have a Gaelic school in Glasgow i don't see the problem with it. I think if Motherwell had originally had a Gaelic place name then I would be delighted for said name to be used first and for 'Motherwell' to appear below it. The truth is that Motherwell was never part of the Gàidhealtachd and to manufacture a Gaelic name for it is perverse and I wonder why it was done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Highlanders win in Utrecht! England vs Sri Lanka ODI Coverage starting on Channel 5 Play was abandoned after 3 overs in Glasgow this afternoon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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