Football, racism and prevarication

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All it takes to make you feel less like you live in a leper colony is to watch European football and realise that problems of racism are not confined to Scotland or England.  I don’t know if many care in Hungary how their fans looked against England, going by the standard M.O. here, you suspect some will blame the media for highlighting that hoary old lie, the “tiny minority”.

The media and politicians certainly have a role in publicising racism, or covering it up, as has often been the case around these parts.  Memories of the 2011 League Cup Final stand out in particular, a moment when political affirmation of racist conduct pivoted behaviour in the stands that remains to this day.

This problem has touched every club but seldom been an issue for Celtic, you would literally need to go back decades.  When an incident happened in the 80s, fans took responsibility, which drew a clear line of what was acceptable, observed ever since.  Prevarication does not work as well.

Football is set to return to our stands and TVs this weekend.  We will see the results of prevarication.

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  1. I have never been so excited as this Season watching Celtic so far. Even when the Maestro and Feed the Bear were there playing Wonderful fitba wae Tommy Burns. Ange is the Man and he is gonnae bring Tremendous success IMO to Celtic and it will be in Europe.

     

     

    I got my Beliefs, Pharmakeia and all that.

     

     

    The Wee guys 21st Birthday Present for his new flat was a 6ft slated Pool table that turns into a Dining Table.

     

     

    It will soften the blow not being @ Celtic Park as thats when we saw each other. A session every now and again playing Pool is Good enough for me.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt3vZYkMB5I

  2. TOM MCLAUGHLIN

     

    More efficient to tattoo the forehead. Then people can be automatically scanned and have their temperature taken simultaneously.

  3. lurkintim,

     

     

    you’re not listening, you’re just continuing with the insults – have never had a social media account and i doubt i’ve ever been on reddit unless pointed to by someone way before the pandemic…

     

     

    I’ll come and tell you how i made my decision after your well deserved Nobel Prize award.

  4. lurkintim – more insults – away an wash yer baws (and dont forget to sing the national anthem whilst doing so) – night night

  5. Squire D @ 8.15

     

     

    “Abada away with Israel all week travelling from Faroes, home to Israel then at Denmark

     

     

    Welsh & Montgomery away to Turkey with Scotland u-21s.”

     

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    My team had the option of Forrest (if fit) to give Abada a rest, though he didn’t get off the bench for Israel in either of their games.

     

     

    Welsh and Montgomery played only the one game and are young players quick to recover.

     

     

    The ones who need resting are Kyogo and Rogic who were involved in a couple of matches much further away.

  6. Those with Antibodies should NEVER be forced to get a Vaccine that is not that good.

     

     

    The Best antibodies are those that are Natural. Noone can possibly argue against that.

     

     

    Antibody Tests were never gonnae be profitable.

  7. Does Scotland have a cringe national anthem…

     

     

    Spikey…I await yer answer to my question…not deflection…

  8. PETE

     

     

    Those with Antibodies should NEVER be forced to get a Vaccine that is not that good.

     

     

    The Best antibodies are those that are Natural. Noone can possibly argue against that.

     

    ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

     

     

    Tell us about how u naturally have a antibodies to polio…

  9. Turkeybhoy on 10th September 2021 12:44 am

     

     

    Moonhowlers out in full force tonight.

     

     

     

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    Never seen you here @ this Time?

     

     

     

    Frankly Mr Shankley…

     

     

     

    Strange

     

     

    Strange Times

  10. Of course the Tory position in Scotland is hopelessly compromised by their different voting intentions in the UK parliament.

     

     

    But both Scottish Labour and the Lib Dems have made clear that their vote against was not a vote against Never having Covid vaccination passports but stressed that passports alone (and a lax attitude to masks) are not enough for what we are facing. Without a test and trace system worthy of the name, all of this will provide partial cover, probably no more than 50%, until we get top up doses.

     

     

    The Scottish Government has yet again aped the behaviour of the Westminster parliament it so despises and is placing all its chips on vax passports. In doing so, it has let the Tory govt. in London off the hook again on its main failure area of totally messing up the testing procedures which are so poor currently and only served to enrich donors to the Tory Party.

     

     

    We need, more than ever, all three legs of the policy, A high level of vaxxing, higher enforcement and availability of better quality masks, and a testing procedure which is accurate and not wildly punitive.

     

     

    On top of that we need to change the on/off approach to lockdown and allow a constant level of socially distanced social intercourse which does not involve going from one week of allowing 500 to attend and the next week 60k are ok to attend.

     

     

    We can cope with a few hold out non-vaxxers and we don’t need to make them social lepers because we have already shown we have enough people willing to build up our herd and hybrid immunities, and our young people have as much sense as us. All evidence suggests that they too will vaccinate in sufficient numbers if they are allowed to but forcing them to do so is the wrong approach. We’d get more compliance with vaxxing if we forbade them from getting the jag.

  11. What is the Stars on

    Get the vaccine

     

    Get the vaccine

     

    Social solidarity

     

    Stop reading quack meister nonsense on Facebook

     

    Hilary Clinton is not part of a paedo network of liberal elites

     

    Conspiracy theories are barmy

     

    Get the vaccine its an act of social solidarity and brotherly love

  12. The level of stupidity on here tonight is mind boggling.

     

    Burnley,you do actually know the cost of a PCR test,I take it.And you would want to pay that every home game?.

  13. Turkeybhoy on 10th September 2021 12:58 am

     

     

    The level of stupidity on here tonight is mind boggling.

     

     

     

     

    Burnley,you do actually know the cost of a PCR test,I take it.And you would want to pay that every home game?.

     

     

     

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    The Level of Stupidity is Ohmega.

     

     

    Everyone has access to the test kits hence Burnleys proper suggestion. Gone.

  14. WITS

     

     

    Get the vaccine its an act of social solidarity and brotherly love

     

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    You’ve just broke some Tims…they f*ckin deserve it…;-))

     

     

    H.H.

  15. SFTBs,

     

     

    A few non Vaxxers?Some areas in London,are running at only 40%.A lot more areas,similar.Religion again,although no one can find where it says No Vax.

  16. What is the Stars on

    When I was a child I gladly took my sugar cube which contained the polio vaccine

     

    When my mother was a child TB was rampant and killed whole families that she grew up beside.

     

    Thankfully medical science has wiped out these diseases in western Europe….

     

    But …now it’s 2021 …I am not letting them jab me…Fecking morons..honestly..

     

    Not let you into Parkhead…I would jail the lot of you….nuts

  17. The way Kyoto plays, there’s more injury to come. Sick fed up up these luxury buys that are a injury waiting to happen. Team of wee guys like Kyoto, Abada and Forrest are nothing without the muscle men to put der hun in their place.

     

    Put der hun in their place first and foremost, forget the side show of aesthetics.

     

    When it comes to repetitive boots into der hun, some Celtic fans are way too Catholic for my liking.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuumDuU6PLE

  18. I’m delighted ma Bhoy is getting out and experiencing what I have… Go Tonto wee Guy – I heard he was drinking Buckfast.

     

     

    Wayhey.

  19. My sons whole bus had to be tested after the last game.12 positive.All vaxxed,so all now recovered.A lot won’t be so fortunate.No Vaccine.Wide open to finding yourself in an induced Coma with a Respirator down your gullet.But no problem,that’s your right.