D'Artagnan 13,319 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3588686/Postman-Prat-student-Lee-Dunlop-is-charged.htmlhttp://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/4245004/Celt-fans-chief-hit-by-Titanic-bigot-rap.htmlBalanced,Fair,Proportionate ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2102 577 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 both links arent working Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnan 13,319 Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 both links arent working Thanks Adam - sorted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2102 577 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Thanks Adam - sorted.thanks!so one celtic fans chief if givin a slap on he wrist for insinuating that hundreds/thousands of protestants should have died. at the same time a student who is re-enacting something which actually happened with no direct hate message is thrown in a cell. disgusting if you ask me Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Dart there is one law for Taigs and another for Protestants. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Robot 21,149 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 and so it goes on, I'm sick of these double standards Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnan 13,319 Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 Dart there is one law for Taigs and another for Protestants.Certainly appears that way M. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack1690 793 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Sums up the republic of schotland for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango 341 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 It would appear that any sectarian comment by the dark side is classed as The Craic but any comment by us wether sectarian or not is classed as an arrestable offence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod 62 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 The guy wants to get himself a decent brief and fight this tooth and nail.Unless there is more to this than meets the eye from the article I'd love to hear the prosecutions view of what law he has actually broken.FFS I've seen people turn up at fancy dress gigs as Hitler, haven't seen any of them in court. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,026 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 The guy wants to get himself a decent brief and fight this tooth and nail.Unless there is more to this than meets the eye from the article I'd love to hear the prosecutions view of what law he has actually broken.FFS I've seen people turn up at fancy dress gigs as Hitler, haven't seen any of them in court.It was dropped. I've turned up at fancy dress do's as Hitler. Only trouble I got was from my boss (a tim) who made a joke about me representing Rangers. Wasn't so funny when he was reported to his superior. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGM_72 3,632 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 It's pretty ridiculous. I remember this story at the time along with the John Wilson thing and I asked on Facebook how these incidents were sectarian. The best they could come up with is "of course it's sectarian" or "You're all sad for debating this", which of course is tim speak for "You're right, we're wrong but we can't accept that".It's fucking scary how the two situations were handled in comparison to one another. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek1872 548 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Utter nonsense. I remember not long ago Prince Harry dressing up as a Nazi at a Uni party. Cant remember him appearing at court. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre 1,663 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I don't imagine there are many of us willing to test the police and fiscal on this one by simply repeating O'Rourke's tweet with the religions reversed. Why not? Because we know for a fact we'd end up in court with a conviction. In fairness to the fiscal it would appear the police gave a warning and left it at that without submitting a report to the fiscal which is frankly ridiculous. It should not be the decision of the police whether to prosecute or not, they have no expertise in the matter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogzy 31,195 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 The postman outfit is just a bit of satirical, bad taste humour, at a fancy dress party. Thousands of people do it every year, and I know I've dressed up as some pretty taboo things when I've attended fancy dress parties. It's actually a joke the kid was arrested for that, and I don't care who he supports. By the sounds of it, it's just banter between mates. Much like the Celtic fans carrying the Rangers coffin, or the like. Anyone who is actually offended by it, needs to get a grip.thats the worst part mate, the person that reported it will not have ACTUALLY been offended by it, just point scoring bullshit.This countries legal system is a fucking farce. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnan 13,319 Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 thats the worst part mate, the person that reported it will not have ACTUALLY been offended by it, just point scoring bullshit.This countries legal system is a fucking farce.Yes gogzy...shades of..... I will complain about Donald Findlay's after dinner jokes even though I wasnt there.Offended by proxy...you really couldnt make it up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nachothelegend 1,932 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Guys we are all responsible for this ,and we have allowed certain Politicians in Power because of our apathy.The Country is a Disgrace ,and I know a French National who lives in Scotland, and he even says the Scottish Government are a Joke .They really have screwed it up . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge 21 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I don't imagine there are many of us willing to test the police and fiscal on this one by simply repeating O'Rourke's tweet with the religions reversed. Why not? Because we know for a fact we'd end up in court with a conviction. In fairness to the fiscal it would appear the police gave a warning and left it at that without submitting a report to the fiscal which is frankly ridiculous. It should not be the decision of the police whether to prosecute or not, they have no expertise in the matter.Spot on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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