Does this offend you?

Eirebear

On saturday during the Rangers V Falkirk game a Dublin based Rangers supporters club The Dublin Loyal RSC unveiled a banner which was inspired by a newspaper report which had the headline "Behind Enemy Lines". Obviously in reference to Celtic being known as the "Irish" club in Glasgow.

This slogan was the only statement on the banner along with a scotland flag and the name of the supporters club.
The banner in question was taken by police at half time as it was classed as "offensive" by the match controller, and since then Kenny Scott the head of security at Ibrox has banned the item from the stadium.

My question to you is, as Irish people be you Celtic fans or not, do you find this as humorous...or offensive?

KdjaCL

Kinda stupid banner but nope doesnt offend me.

But i dont attend football matches were relgious bigotry was an issue, could offend falkirk fans?



kdjac

MrJoeSoap

Offensive? Nah.

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Obviously tongue-in-cheek imo.

If anyone is offended by it, they are an idiot who doesn't get jokes.

ziggy

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KdjaCL

ziggy wrote: »

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Burn him hes a witch!!!!

http://file003b.bebo.com/large/2006/05/16/10/7510162a832348622b540493229l.jpg

is this offensive?


kdjac

Eirebear

ziggy wrote: »

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Im an Irish Catholic Ziggy....we dont all look at it that way, and for me the banner was in good humour, the fact that one of the members of the Dublin Loyal is a polish catholic may tell you that.

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KdjaCL wrote: »

http://file003b.bebo.com/large/2006/05/16/10/7510162a832348622b540493229l.jpg

is this offensive?

troll :D:D

That is hilarious tbh.

Fair play to whoever made it.

Eirebear

DesF wrote: »

troll :D:D

That is hilarious tbh.

Fair play to whoever made it.

it is very funny actually....but seemingly humour isnt allowed within the confines of Ibrox or Parkhead anymore

estebancambias

I think its funny and I am a nationalist.

MrJoeSoap

Eirebear wrote: »

but seemingly humour isnt allowed within the confines of Ibrox or Parkhead anymore

Except for most of the rest of the SPL's defending, ba dum tish!

estebancambias

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Except for most of the SPL defending, ba dum tish!

Bwah.......bwahhhhh

Eirebear

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Except for most of the rest of the SPL's defending, ba dum tish!

:D

LuckyLloyd

Who really cares?

estebancambias

Ibrox security.

Necronomicon

KdjaCL wrote: »

Burn him hes a witch!!!!

http://file003b.bebo.com/large/2006/05/16/10/7510162a832348622b540493229l.jpg

is this offensive?

*ignores location*

<_< >_>

I laughed

mikemac

estebancambias wrote: »

I think its funny and I am a nationalist.

+1

It's witty and very clever.

AckwelFoley

No... and dont care.

applehunter

KdjaCL wrote: »

Burn him hes a witch!!!!

http://file003b.bebo.com/large/2006/05/16/10/7510162a832348622b540493229l.jpg

is this offensive?


kdjac

I must admit i laughed when I saw it that day at the Cross.

Eirebear

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Who really cares?

I do...thats why i asked:rolleyes:

gucci

i dont find it offensive, as im sure no one else in scotland would find an irish flag being un-veiled at a soccer match in ireland with the similar thing written on it.......
btw the cork banner is great!!

estebancambias

Rangers fans cried about Boruc, they are well capable of crying about an Irish flag.

Mossy Monk

This is the same country where a goalkeeper got into trouble for blessing himself. It doesn't surprise me at all.

eirebhoy

Some pundit on STV (Gerry McNee) described The Fields of Athenry and the Irish National Anthem as sectarian "Irish Tosh" a few months ago.

Actually, here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RZrS3p8X0Y

Anything and everything is offensive and sectarian in Scotland.

A Dub in Glasgo

eirebhoy wrote: »

Anything and everything is offensive and sectarian in Scotland.

That is because most of the media haven't got a feckin clue what they are talking about.

As for the banner at Ibrox, it was not offensive.

estebancambias

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnIcoOOuD64&NR=1

Old. but class.

grames_bond

i think security taking a funny banner off fans is rediculous! like in the world cup 2002 when FAI officials took the pro keane/anti McCarthy flag! it was funny-end of....u all remember it?:

ireland kit: €90
trip to the world cup: €1000
the look on micks face when roy called him a w*nker: PRICELESS!!

~Rebel~

I'm offended, and so's my wife.

Seriously though, no.

OPENROAD

All national flags are banned at the Emirates, or at least they were last season anyway due to a complaint about someone who had a Turkish Cypriot flag, so the club banned all flags :rolleyes:

PauloMN

I find everything about Rangers offensive Eirebear, especially the smell off yiz. :eek:

Who was offended, and why?

Mitch Connor

OPENROAD wrote: »

All national flags are banned at the Emirates, or at least they were last season anyway due to a complaint about someone who had a Turkish Cypriot flag, so the club banned all flags :rolleyes:

from memory, the reason for th einitial complaint was a valid one. Arsenal had to act on it, really. I can understand why all flags are banned, banning one flag would be seen as racist.

cm2000

Couldn't care less, though i'm not a fan of either so i shouldn't

OhNoYouDidn't

I'm not in any way shape or form offended by the flag and find its removal to be a belated over-reaction to the wrong thing from the Ibrox authorities. I hope this idiotic decision is over-turned.

I do however take great offence to the internet hardman routine from the Dublin Loyal, whom if their website were to be believed spend their entire time 'putting timmy in his place', draping Union Flags on nationalist monuments and chasing Rovers casuals round Dublin as opposed to the meeting in secret and keeping their heads well and truely down that they do in the real world.

Ironic that they actually have finally been noticed and the victim of something from their own, as opposed to the Celtic fans who won't be drawn into giving them the hard time they crave so they can live up to their 'behind enemy lines' moniker.

A Dub in Glasgo

Well put

OhNoYouDidn't

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Well put

Why thank you.

It hasnt actually dawned on the Dublin Loyal that Irish Celtic fans care not one jot. If they were going to get turned over, they would have years ago. A group of expats get together to watch their team. Good for them. They even had a little flag made up until it got confiscated. They are getting nothing but sympathy for that on the Huddleboard, it is seen as petty stewarding and Celtic fans can empathise with that.

OPENROAD

Tauren wrote: »

from memory, the reason for th einitial complaint was a valid one. Arsenal had to act on it, really. I can understand why all flags are banned, banning one flag would be seen as racist.

Possibly, but the fact that you can't fly the flag of St George at Arsenal is still mad imo.

Pal

the Dublin Loyal drink in The George.

It says so on their website

ha ha

Eirebear

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

I do however take great offence to the internet hardman routine from the Dublin Loyal, whom if their website were to be believed spend their entire time 'putting timmy in his place', draping Union Flags on nationalist monuments and chasing Rovers casuals round Dublin as opposed to the meeting in secret and keeping their heads well and truely down that they do in the real world.
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I do agree with you here to an extent, but the last time i looked at the dublin loyal website it hadnt been updated for around 4 or 5 years, and dated back to a time when the DID get a hard time and had to keep their metings secret etc.
I dont see this as being a problem now though and they could do with getting their website sorted out.
especially considering one of their main guys now is a polish catholic!

Paul: unfortunately we cannot do anything about the smell....its the smell of success!

estebancambias

Honestly this does offend me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FaJ2Ijp6Dc

And for the simple reason that they have been called ''the fighting Irish'', and they have the name Ireland in their name.

If Northern Ireland is to remain as part of Britian, then they should officialy change the name. This is clearly offensive, and Northern Ireland cry that players like Gibson won't play for them!!! Having God save the queen as the anthem is a sure fire way to segregation.

Eirebear

estebancambias wrote: »

Honestly this does offend me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FaJ2Ijp6Dc

And for the simple reason that they have been called ''the fighting Irish'', and they have the name Ireland in their name.

If Northern Ireland is to remain as part of Britian, then they should officialy change the name. This is clearly offensive, and Northern Ireland cry that players like Gibson won't play for them!!! Having God save the queen as the anthem is a sure fire way to segregation.

my speakers aint working is it GSTQ?
I completely agree with you, but what do you want to change the name of? Northern Ireland? Im confused..

estebancambias

I think the name of Northern Ireland should be changed.....British newfoundland or something...iits more in jest really, I don't care if their name is Northern Ireland, but I stand by the claims about God save the Queen, I'm happy you agree.

Eirebear

I think it would be a major step forward for Northern Ireland both culturally and politically to stop singing GSTQ as their "anthem" tbh, i find it bizzare that they still do.
And as you say, untill they stop it will always be a barrier to any nationalist minded players playing for them

OhNoYouDidn't

Eirebear wrote: »

I do agree with you here to an extent, but the last time i looked at the dublin loyal website it hadnt been updated for around 4 or 5 years, and dated back to a time when the DID get a hard time and had to keep their metings secret etc.

The website is far more current than that, there are tales there from last season.

Dublin Loyal never got a hard time. They desperatly want one, but no-one is biting.

Eirebear wrote: »

I dont see this as being a problem now though and they could do with getting their website sorted out.

Agreed, the tall tales are more likely to get them in trouble than the team they follow.

Eirebear wrote: »

especially considering one of their main guys now is a polish catholic!

Some people will do anything for a reaction allright.

SectionF

Dublin people supporting British teams? Of course it's offensive.

PauloMN

The most bizarre thing about GSTQ is that - lets face it - Her Majesty couldn't give a fiddler's fook about Northern Ireland - or Scotland for that matter.

GSTQ doesn't offend me I must say. The whole monarchy concept is so out-of-date that to me it's just a harmless old ditty really. I do have a chuckle though at how some NI fans and some Rangers fans can be so fiercly anti-English yet will belt out GSTQ at every opportunity. I mean I don't think there is anything quite more quintessentially English than the Queen, yet I heard a Rangers supporter saying he wasn't going to attend Scotland matches now that Terry Butcher - an Englishman - is part of the Scotland setup.

As for the Dublin Loyal, a few minutes on their new website is long enough to figure out that their main interest isn't football. If I was a Rangers fan in Dublin, I'd be disappointed that the one and only RSC in the area (that I'm aware of, maybe there's others?) is more a political mouthpiece for seemingly oppressed brethren than a supporters' club. Log on to www.chip-on-shoulder.com for more information.