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Look at me, but not at my face

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I don’t get the flares thing. It’s not a part of my going-to-see-Celtic tradition. But if it was my thing, I’d have the courage of my convictions, I wouldn’t hide the fact.

There are consequences of bringing flares to football games, always has been. By not having the courage to openly ignite them, those consequences are not personalised to the individuals who regard this as an integral part of what they do at a football game, they are visited upon everyone in the vicinity, as well as the club.

The problem with flares at Celtic games is those who bring them hide the fact – as they clearly know there are consequences, and presumably aren’t too interested in taking responsibility for them. ‘Keen on flares, not keen enough to stand up for them’, is why the issue persists.

I get the attraction to bright, shiny, things, but this isn’t a campaign to bring the vote to disenfranchised people against a force who will execute the offender on sight. It’s about bringing a flare to a football game. If it’s so important, do it openly. If you think Health and Safety are simply wrong, find the evidence and use it in court. Have the courage to change something.  I know lots of Celtic fans who have had the courage to put their name to something they believed in, in recent years.  It’s seldom easy, but it has been done.

But in the years of this debate no one has ever pointed to evidence that igniting flares in a football ground is a clever thing to do. It’s just a ‘look at me’ exercise, ‘But don’t look at my face’, of course.

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Episode 5 of ‘A Celtic State of Mind’ finds Paul John Dykes and Kevin Graham discussing a variety of topical subjects concerning Celtic Football Club, including:

* What now for the Green Brigade?
* Dedryck Boyata – Are reinforcements on route?
* Virgil van Dijk – The windfall cometh;
* Emilio Izaguirre – Moving on.

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  5. 16 roads - Celtic über alles... on

    THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 23RD JULY 2017 1:06 AM

     

     

    General Franco is usually on about now.

     

     

    Sure he has loads of wisdom to impart.

     

     

    HH

     

     

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    The Saviour of Spain.

     

     

    Scourge of the Masons.

     

     

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  8. Delaneys Dunky on

    TGM

     

     

    Celtic get 5 charges fae UEFA over the 2 legs v the Belfast scum. 4 charges against Celtic FC, 1 against the support for flegs. Agenda on here today.

  9. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    16 Roads

     

     

    Thats your view, no worries.

     

    I see it in a different light.

     

    However, im more concerned about Celtic being shafted by the blazers and suits.

     

     

    HH

  11. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    DD

     

     

    Its an online op, loads of christmas past ghosts.

     

    ‘Ive not posted for a long time, but’

     

    That kind of nonsense.

     

    Its childs play to spot and combat, but its strange and sinister indeed nevertheless.

     

     

    HH

  13. Delaneys Dunky on

    TGM

     

     

    Five years of getting laughed at everywhere you go in Glasgow has shocked them into a stupor. Come on here to create disharmony amongst smart Tims.

     

    Aint happenin ya huns.

  16. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    DD

     

     

    Ghosts with Chelsea tops on, wandering the land day and night, trudging through swamps and gutters, slabbering, and stinking the place out; the putrid stench of a huge pile of undead hun sawdust mixed with buckfast.

     

    And thats just their burdz:)

     

     

    LLf

  20. Delaneys Dunky on

    Saint Stivs

     

     

    Met a wee Ayrshire burd in a Porto tap in Albufeira. Most handsome hun I have met. Was getting on well till I dropped the killer chat up line. “Whit ye talkin aboot? The huns died in 2012.” Didnae score. :)

  22. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    DD

     

     

    You should be glad about that.

     

    You would have woke up withoot Denis Laws, that ayrshire hun mob would have pawned them for bucky:)

     

     

    LLLf

  23. Sionnach Abu on

    DELANEYS DUNKY on 23RD JULY 2017 1:43 AM

     

     

    Never failed me as an opening gambit, “What parish are you from?”

     

    HH

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    TGM – no bother whatsoever.

     

     

    Listen to this – once upon a time I was of the same mentality – Che Guevara hero, that Christy Moore song about the Spanish War was one of the best.

     

     

    Ignorance on my part.

     

     

    Then reading CQN – some character goes against the grain, posting views that challenge the narrative.

     

     

    Ye research the alternative view, then begin to question things.

     

     

    Chris Torey was the name, not been here for ages.

     

     

    See TGM, the disciples of Marx are indoctrinated, I’m am not.

     

     

    It’s has got to be difficult, when everything that you have been conditioned to follow is proven, by fact, to be pure and utter tripe.

     

     

    Praise be to Jesus Christ, the redeemer.

     

     

    Everyday give thanks to God, even when some days are difficult and tough.

     

     

    That’s life, as Sinatra himself once sang.

     

     

    Celtic is the best.

     

     

    HH.

  31. Delaneys Dunky on

    TGM

     

     

    Thankfully my daughter was there as a carer for me.

     

    When I asked what she thought of Liz fae Cumnock? I got a four word reply fae my lass that creased me up.

     

    “Feckin trailer trash da!” :)

  33. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    DD

     

     

    They would have been running aboot wi your troosers on, and sold your socks and shoes:)

     

    Jellies fur breakfast:)

     

     

    HH

  36. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    16 Roads

     

     

    Each to their own,

     

    Hail Hail to you.

     

    Im a philosopher of history, i dont do political parties or isms:)

     

    I understand history and politics, but its just something i do.

     

    But you wont find me canvassing for any party.

     

     

    HH

  38. Delaneys Dunky on

    TGM

     

     

    Her son looked a green soup breakfast kid.

     

    First in the pharmacy of a morn.

  40. 16 roads - Celtic über alles... on

    Fair enough TGM.

     

     

    I respect the intellectual minds always.

     

     

    Celtic is the key.

     

     

    Blessed we are.

     

     

    KTF.

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    DD

     

     

    Jolly Boy John, wi eez da’s troosers on eez heid, For Real:)

     

    Fish supper an a Jelly supper big yin, nae sauce:)

     

     

    HH

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