The Daily Record gave excellent news coverage of the Thai Tims during their visit to Scotland and Ireland this month but the Good Child Foundation, to give them their formal name, have sought input from the Press Complaints Commission after a columnist jokingly asked if the kids were being used as slave labour to stitch Celtic kit.
The Good Child Foundation does enormously good work in educating and developing children, some of whom have Downs Syndrome. They do not expose children to illegal work. Their leader, Paul Lennon, is the epitome of all that is good about our club; compare and contrast to any organisation on the planet you care to mention.
A quick word on idle speculation……..
Practically every word of alleged criminality that has appeared on football blogs in recent days is wide off the mark. Please remember the basic rules of law and our own rules of good manners. Do not accuse anyone of a criminal act, doing so may be illegal and could undermine any future prosecution. If they have been charged, use the word ‘alleged’ until a conviction is secured, and most pertinently of all, if you are so insistent that your information is true and just must be read, leave your name and address with your comment. If you email me your address, for verification I’ll send you a postcard with a code, which you can return to me. Then everyone will know how to get in touch with you to send their congratulations.
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Jobo
I think you’ve pulled a sicky cos your suffering from Lager shandy flu!! :-))
HT he made reference to the Thai Tims and Celtic asking did Celtic get them to do their boots. Something along those lines.
HH
new article posted.
Mighty Tim
No colonialism or imperialism anyone.
I’d rather unite with my fellow man than divide.
I once read this definition.
A Patriot is one who loves his country, warts an’ all.
A Nationalist is one who loves his country, with the warts removed.
The Thai Tims were here for about 4 weeks, have been gone about 2 weeks by now which by my calculations means it took that fat d1ddy about 6 weeks to come up with an embarassing ‘gag’ which has just highlighted his bitterness to the nation and provided yet another tumbleweed moment from this charade of a journalist/comedian..or whatever he’s supposed to be.
Says it all really.
HH
lads i respect every one of your views
but and it is a big but,
Tams “joke” has been doing the rounds over here for a week or 2
thats all that needs to be said
I think the following report from March 2010, in a publication as crass as Cowan himself, tells us all we need to know ………………
STUNNED dinner guests told of their shock last night — after radio comic Tam Cowan allegedly branded an innocent priest a paedophile.
The radio and TV football pundit is said to have hurled the vile insult at Father Gerry Magee while speaking at a sportsman’s function.
Cowan first joked that he hoped the churchman’s team, Celtic, would get a hammering in the Old Firm match at Ibrox last month.
But when Fr Magee quipped he was actually the biggest RANGERS fan in town, Cowan, 40, replied: “You’re the biggest paedophile in town.”
The priest and at least two other diners then stormed out of the event, at the Masonic Lodge in Kilwinning, Ayrshire.
Cowan, who co-hosts BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Off The Ball’ show and writes a column for a tabloid newspaper, was later reported to police by the furious cleric.
Last night, Fr Magee, 54, of Saint Winin’s Church in Kilwinning, said it would be inappropriate to discuss the sick remark.
But one source revealed: “Everyone was gobsmacked at what Tam Cowan had said. Nobody laughed. It wasn’t even funny.
“Fr Magee was at the dinner as a guest of the local Masons, and when Tam Cowan got up to speak, he asked the local priest to identify himself.
“When Fr Magee stood up, Cowan said to him ‘I hope your team gets f****d’ — referring to Celtic. Fr Magee was shocked and tried to make light of it by saying ‘I am the biggest Rangers fan in the town’.
“Apparently, Cowan’s reply to that was ‘You’re the biggest f*****g paedophile in the town’.
“Everyone was in total shock and no one took it as a joke.”
Last night, a spokeswoman for Strathclyde Police confirmed: “An allegation has been made and police inquiries are at an early stage to establish whether any crime has been committed.”
Cowan could not be contacted last night.
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Enough said !
Scotland …………………………’ The best wee country in the world ‘ …………………………….. no chance!!!!!!!!
I know of few places where you can be attacked and in some places murdered for the colour of your scarf.
Only the best wee country in the world if you are of the right persuasion after all it is their country.
I know Celtic fans have a proud history of internationalism and acting in solidarity with oppressed peoples throughout the world. I don’t post a lot and haven’t even been lurking that much recently, so apols if this has been covered, but, following on from the great display by the Green Brigade in support of Palestinian hunger strikers, please have a look at posts in support of Palestinian International Footballer, Mahmoud Sarsak. #lovejustice4all Mahmoud Sarsak is dying! Follow @Addameer_ps, support organisation for Palestinian prisoners.
You don’t have to support the Palestinian cause to support basic human rights! Detention without trial, without charge, even, sometimes over years – sound familiar?
HH
PV
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