Singing about irish history is now an offence in scotland

Scots courts have reversed an earlier decision by a sheriff that singing BOTOB is an offence, even if the person offended is not present.
Firstly, I suggest that the learned persons view the video 'under the bridge ' which shows hundreds singing TBB with the offending lines and other sectarian songs during an OO walk last July. There were many police constables standing beside them, but not one arrest, nor even one spoken to. CONSISTENCY MY ARSE. Why is an offence to sing BOTB but ok to sing TBB?

I know my answer. Bias.

Secondly, the learned gents need to be reminded that HMRC THE QUEEN laid a wreath at the memorial in Dublin to commemorate the sacrifice of the BOTOB. Has she committed an offence?
Do we still have institutional bigotry in Scotland? Has nothing changed since The Lord Queensferry interference in the Education Act Scotland 1872 which forced the catholic population to set up their own schools in the face of institutional sectarianism?
Absolute disgrace and reflects the bias within the country. Fairness and equality....don't make me FECKIN laugh.

The case concerned a Celtic match.......err btw how many arrests after a international broadcaster had to apologise to a global audience for sectarian singing? How many arrests there and how many prosecutions?
What have the football authorities done about the sectarian singing at Berwcik? I'll tell you. SFA.


Newspapers used to carry adverts for available jobs in every sector of employment in Scotland, but clearly stated that RCs need not apply.
Nothing much has changed. CNN and FOX NEWS reported a few yEars ago
What kind of country is it when a soccer player gets arrested for blessing himself.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

 

up the 'RA

 

30000 blasted out billy boys at their late winner in their crunch div 3 match at Hampden in December , not a word said .

 

Get it up ye.

Sounds like common sense has prevailed. About tome too.

 

I restrict my comments to BOTOB and find it incredible that any court could reach that decision.
1 the title of the song OLD brigade tells you that it is not the Provos or any other post Irish liberation movement.
2 the first verse also tells us 'twas long ago we faced the foe.
By this logic, the President of the United States could offend people if he disembarked Airforce 1 and stood to THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER, a song commemorating the US fight for freedom from the British. HWO ridiculous would that be.
3 BOTOB actually reflects the regrets of a father at the death of so many. Hardly glorifying the Irish War of Independence.

This judgement is an insult to e Irish diaspora on a global basis.

I would really like to hear the Irish governments stance on a decision making it legal to be offended by a song about the Irish fighting for their freedom from the global oppressors of the time.

Irish history is part of the English curriculum in history at GCSE level. Wonder why it is acceptable there, but not here, just like the denominational schools and the lack of sectarianism.


Again Scotland shames itself, but this time it is part of the legal establishment which manages to do so. The court argued that someone may associate the Old Brigade with the paras of the Troubles. SO NOW SOMEONE CAN BE PROSECUTED BECAUSE OF ANOTHER PERSONS IGNORANCE, OR worse bigotry.

Astonishing, just like Boruc being arrested for blessing himself or the seven decades of the sectarian employment policy.

I really hope that this is appealed.

 

The main thrust of my argument is that in modern day Scotland it is illegal to acknowledge by song the historical right of a country to fight for its own freedom from oppression.

Wonder how these judges would feel if the whole scottish rugby team were arrested for singing Flower of Scotland at Twickers. ?

Scandalous decision by the courts based on someone's bigotry and ignorance of historical context having greater right over someone else's right to acknowledge their forefathers fight for freedom.

The decision reflects the warped perspective and thinking of these pillars of Scottish society. People of the Irish diaspora are second class citizens in Scotland to the extent that their right is subservient to the ignorant bigotry of half witted bigoted WASPS.


Along with the permitted singing of the FAMINE SONG until the Irish government complained and the arrest of Boruc for blessing himself and the tolerance towards the seven decades of sectarian employment policy and the media advertising of jobs excluding RCs, this is not scotland 2013 it is more like Alabama 1960.

 

This is one of my fears over independence. For all the fighting between England, Irish Republicans and Loyalists, neither England nor Northern Ireland have outlawed singing...as far as I'm aware.

Scotland pretty much has and I think its started with an ego trip and turned into a petty fatwa (spelling?) in the name of shortbread.

"We are the best wee country in the world...right....5 years for scaring the tourists with your songs"

English common sense/invasion is all that can save us now

 

so you agree that the famine song is acceptable to be sung? How about the Billy Boys?

 

Yes

If a football club decide it shouldn't be sung at their ground then the club should deal with it.. eject the singers...halt the game until it stops

If its being belted out in the streets I'm sure it may be "disturbing the peace"...but dawn raids? Come on...

 

What' so ironic about this charade is that the whole sorry mess was perpetrated by the oppressed Celtic fans in their faux offence at words of songs, now the stick used to beat normally upstanding citizens of her Majesty's Britannic Isles for singing songs with bad words in them is being used against the same people who were championing this stupid law only 12 months ago, now we're being subjected to all this whaling and bleating, it' almost comical.

The race to become the most offended has began in earnest, see you in the tin pail.

 

That's not true.