Fenians
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Fenian is actually quite a complementary term if you check its meaning and origins
Yes it is, I don't understand why a Celtic fan would hate the term.
I would have been arrested already because no doubt this post has been reported by some irate ignorant little bhoy by now. It's safe to reply 
You do realise the word alone is not the problem? That's why Hun is not illegal. It's the way it's used is the problem. The Billy boys is not banned because of the word fenian for example.
What this thread does show is something I've long thought, Huns will never rid themselves of sectarianism, because they don't actually understand what sectarian means
What this thread does show is something I've long thought, Huns will never rid themselves of sectarianism, because they don't actually understand what sectarian means
It seems that you're not all that clued up either so why don't you explain to me and the rest if us what is sectarian?
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Letter-39Hun39-is-an-offensive.6536288.jp
Oh no a letter to a newspaper by a random person saying hun is "offensive" proves me wrong does it??
You've just helped further in my thought that Huns don't understand sectarianism
Oh no a letter to a newspaper by a random person saying hun is "offensive" proves me wrong does it??
You've just helped further in my thought that Huns don't understand sectarianism
Did you read the article? It clearly states a man was arrested for having a t-shirt with hun written on it, so I ask you again what is sectarian you bawsack?
Oh no a letter to a newspaper by a random person saying hun is "offensive" proves me wrong does it??
You've just helped further in my thought that Huns don't understand sectarianism
Did you read the article? It clearly states a man was arrested for having a t-shirt with hun written on it, so I ask you again what is sectarian you bawsack?
I know well the case you refer to. Just because one man has been convicted doesn't mean it's sectarian. Also his t-shirt had a slogan using the word Hun in it, I can't recall the exact wording but it was the whole slogan that resulted in the arrest. Had he just had the word Hun written on the shirt he wouldn't have been convicted. The word alone isn't sectarian but if put in a sentence like up to your knees in Hun blood it could be considered offensive.
Oh no a letter to a newspaper by a random person saying hun is "offensive" proves me wrong does it??
You've just helped further in my thought that Huns don't understand sectarianism
Did you read the article? It clearly states a man was arrested for having a t-shirt with hun written on it, so I ask you again what is sectarian you bawsack?
Ps just because those who wrote those letters are equally as clueless as you on the issue again helps lead me to reach the conclusion Huns don't understand sectarianism. Which is why it will never go away. I remember when the billy boys was first banned you all asked of you switched Fenian to Celtic fan could you still sing it
I thought the editor’s response to the letters seemed fairly measured:
EDITOR'S RESPONSE
Editor-in-chief John McLellan writes: "At risk of now alienating Celtic supporters, I was brought up in Glasgow supporting Rangers and, unlike the letter writers, I have never found the term 'Hun' offensive. I've lost count of the number of times I've been called it and I've never taken it as anything other than gentle ribbing. Celtic supporters I know find no offence in being called a 'Tim'.
"All that being said, we have obviously underestimated the sensitivity of this particular word to some and apologise for the offence caused. But perhaps it is a mark of the distance Scotland still has to travel when football nicknames whose origin is almost lost in the mists of time can still arouse such passions."
I must admit, however, that I have no real idea what the word “hun” means when aimed at Rangers supporters? It’s never been an issue for me, though, as I adopt the radical approach of calling Rangers fans “Rangers fans” and Celtic fans “Celtic fans”. Anything else feels superfluous.
I get that rival fans like to mock each other – and amen to that – but the repetitive nature of Old Firm “ribbing” feels so astonishingly tired, so immaculately immature, that I struggle to see where any enjoyment may come from. It’s just dreary, unimaginative ****, no?
EDITOR'S RESPONSE
Editor-in-chief John McLellan writes: "At risk of now alienating Celtic supporters, I was brought up in Glasgow supporting Rangers and, unlike the letter writers, I have never found the term 'Hun' offensive. I've lost count of the number of times I've been called it and I've never taken it as anything other than gentle ribbing. Celtic supporters I know find no offence in being called a 'Tim'.
"All that being said, we have obviously underestimated the sensitivity of this particular word to some and apologise for the offence caused. But perhaps it is a mark of the distance Scotland still has to travel when football nicknames whose origin is almost lost in the mists of time can still arouse such passions."
I must admit, however, that I have no real idea what the word “hun” means when aimed at Rangers supporters? It’s never been an issue for me, though, as I adopt the radical approach of calling Rangers fans “Rangers fans” and Celtic fans “Celtic fans”. Anything else feels superfluous.
I get that rival fans like to mock each other – and amen to that – but the repetitive nature of Old Firm “ribbing” feels so astonishingly tired, so immaculately immature, that I struggle to see where any enjoyment may come from. It’s just dreary, unimaginative ****, no?
Maybe if your post said Tims you wouldn't need to worry
But that would be civil, and huns don't do civil
But that would be civil, and huns don't do civil
Maybe if your post said Tims you wouldn't need to worry
But that would be civil, and huns don't do civil
Last time I checked neither did Fenians
I fully understand what sectarian means.
For example, Celtic were formed as a sectarian club.
Prove me wrong.
Once again you type and prove you don't understand the meaning of the word. You can set up organisations soley or mainly in support of one section of society etc, that doesn't automatically mean they are discriminating against others. If your organisation is all about excluding another section of society it's slightly different. You should really know this stuff
I do know this stuff....................Celtic were started as a sectarian club...............you've still to prove me wrong.
I'mnot the one saying celtic were/were not set up as a sectarian club...you are. So go ahead prove were? This should be fun