Hammer Jag Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Just took a look out the window. Deeply depressing. Motherwell is a depressing hole at the best of times, but seeing thousands of red faced, overweight MISSUS BUNFIELDS slithering around the town in McEwans Lager Rangers strips is enough to tip anyone over the edge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Conway Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I would imagine the flags were put up by local halfwits, (although I can think of a banned word that is more appropriate) rather than Orangemen, but they were quickly taken down again, by locals. Still, it is good to know that there are some people in Carrick intent on proving to the rest of the world that they are way behind on the evolutionary scale. Aye because going from Aryan supremacy to white Protestant supremacy is such a massive leap. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidger Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Scotland require 33 of the last 3 balls oh dear 15 no balls and three 6's shouldnt be so hard 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 How did this thread end up being about cricket and Orange walks? Did someone make a pun about bowlers? Something like that but basically they both happen in the summer but associate nation Cricket is a far more pleasant thing to discuss than how much some people don't like some other people. So it counterbalances the more depressing half of the discussion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I would imagine the flags were put up by local halfwits, (although I can think of a banned word that is more appropriate) rather than Orangemen, but they were quickly taken down again, by locals. Still, it is good to know that there are some people in Carrick intent on proving to the rest of the world that they are way behind on the evolutionary scale. Quickly taken down again after reporting in the press. Don't see any Orange symbols in those pictures only paramilitary ones. In the latter stages of the troubles the UDA started to have some extremely dodgy connections to far-right organizations both on the mainland and further afield, so would have thought that's where any criticism over this should be directed. It's not so long ago that the head of the Orange Lodge suggested paramilitary action could occur should Scotland vote for independence from the UK. So no, I don't think they're that distant from their more openly thuggish brothers, sisters, and cousins. Maybe they should take a few swastikas to Sevco games? They'll look lovely next to those Star of David flags that get rolled out there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_blue Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Quickly taken down again after reporting in the press. It's not so long ago that the head of the Orange Lodge suggested paramilitary action could occur should Scotland vote for independence from the UK. So no, I don't think they're that distant from their more openly thuggish brothers, sisters, and cousins. Maybe they should take a few swastikas to Sevco games? They'll look lovely next to those Star of David flags that get rolled out there. Fucking hell what a lot of utter drivel and pish , when did the orange order ever suggest paramilitary action in the result of a yes vote 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Fucking hell what a lot of utter drivel and pish , when did the orange order ever suggest paramilitary action in the result of a yes voteGeneral secretary Jack Ramsay said it.He was misquoted of course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugna Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Fucking hell what a lot of utter drivel and pish , when did the orange order ever suggest paramilitary action in the result of a yes vote http://web.archive.org/web/20020126093957/http://sundayherald.cw.cims.co.uk/16837 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Fucking hell what a lot of utter drivel and pish , when did the orange order ever suggest paramilitary action in the result of a yes vote It was an officeholder answering a far out hypothetical question from a journalist about 15 or 20 years ago, rather than anything worth taking seriously. We just had a referendum with pretty much zero signs of any pro-Union paramilitarism after all. Have to hand it to the Orange Order they manage to get people to completely lose the plot year after year. Maybe they serve a useful purpose in that regard in helping the rest of us identify complete cranks that are best ignored, but personally I'd rather they just gave the whole 1690 thing a rest, so we could move to a genuinely secular society with no sky fairy nonsense creating unnecessary divides between people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Gorilla Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 http://web.archive.org/web/20020126093957/http://sundayherald.cw.cims.co.uk/16837 That's FB telt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) It was an officeholder answering a far out hypothetical question from a journalist about 15 or 20 years ago, rather than anything worth taking seriously. We just had a referendum with pretty much zero signs of any pro-Union paramilitarism after all. Have to hand it to the Orange Order they manage to get people to completely lose the plot year after year. Maybe they serve a useful purpose in that regard in helping the rest of us identify complete cranks that are best ignored, but personally I'd rather they just gave the whole 1690 thing a rest, so we could move to a genuinely secular society with no sky fairy nonsense creating unnecessary divides between people.You mean the grand secretary of the orange order was actually talking a load of shit that made his organisation sound more significant than it actually is? Edited July 11, 2015 by topcat(The most tip top) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Fucking hell what a lot of utter drivel and pish , when did the orange order ever suggest paramilitary action in the result of a yes vote http://web.archive.org/web/20020126093957/http://sundayherald.cw.cims.co.uk/16837 This. Try and not greet about it, forever_blue. It was an officeholder answering a far out hypothetical question from a journalist about 15 or 20 years ago, No, it wasn't. They had an embarrassing climb-down afterwards as well. It was most amusing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 From what I remember he was talking about what some fringe nutters might do under a hypothetical set of circumstances rather than what the Orange Order would do and a copy editor got a bit carried away with the headline for the article. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Gorilla Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 From what I remember he was talking about what some fringe nutters might do under a hypothetical set of circumstances rather than what the Orange Order would do and a copy editor got a bit carried away with the headline for the article. Maybe you should read it again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Not interested because it's an irrelevance dredged up by cranks to demonise people, who don't deserve to be taken so seriously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Maybe you should read it again I read it and if you take it seriously then you're a fool. Have you seen the cut of most blokes in loyal orders in Scotland? They make me look young, fit, lithe and healthy. The Maquis they are not. I'd reckon that their biggest act of sabotage would be to pencil a Hitler moustache on Wee Nicola's photo on the Daily Record before skedaddling on their mobility scooters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoy who invented weetabix Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 One of the fantastic quirks of our weather in Scotland is it always seems to pish down the second saturday in July no matter how good or bad a summer we are having. Today being no exception. Marvellous 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I read it and if you take it seriously then you're a fool. Have you seen the cut of most blokes in loyal orders in Scotland? They make me look young, fit, lithe and healthy. The Maquis they are not. I'd reckon that their biggest act of sabotage would be to pencil a Hitler moustache on Wee Nicola's photo on the Daily Record before skedaddling on their mobility scooters. I read it, too, (it's the first time I've seen it) and shook my head. He'd have been better saying nothing as coming out with that scaremongering nonsense. I doubt that the cleverest of editing and "misquoting" could have come up with that - a typical PR disaster from the Orange Order. Maybe the high heid yins have learnt a wee bit about PR in the last 15 years - although sometimes I doubt it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Anyway I messed up my schedule and turned up for the 4th over of Netherlands vs UAE Scotland Afghanistan is the second half of this double header. Live reports from the ground this afternoon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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