Questioned by Bonar's lawyer, Iain McSporran, why he had been arrested, PC McLeod said he believed it had been "a racist comment".Mr McSporran then asked what would have happened had a fan abused Bellamy's ex-team-mates John Hartson by calling him "a fat b*****d" or Neil Lennon "a ginger b*****d".
The PC said he would have told off the person involved - but would not have arrested him or her as that was not deemed an offence.
A libertarian returns to Scotland
"Freedom and Whisky gang thegither"
- Robert Burns
Friday, 9 September 2005
Cymruphobia in Glasgow
A football fan has been fined for calling a Celtic player a wee Welsh bastard. No, it wasn't the heightism or the parentism that was the problem but the "racism". The Welsh are a race? That's news to me and I must say that I think that our courts are in a grip of an incurable madness. I note that girthism and gingerism are not yet offences, but will get you a telling-off from the police:
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ReplyDeletePhil Hunt
A bit inconsistent since ginger hair is certainly a racial characteristic.
22 September 2005, 10:47:20 GMT+01:00
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Milo
Strange. When will we see prosecutions for the use of "English poof" as an insult? Not only racist, but "homophobic" too...
13 September 2005, 11:53:36 GMT+01:00
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Alex
Fat, Ginger Bastards: Unloved, Even By The Law.
10 September 2005, 01:20:21 GMT+01:00
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Steve Borodin
If the Welsh are a race, then Americans are. Yipee, the entire staff of the BBC will be in Jail in a day or two. Or doesn't it work like that?
9 September 2005, 17:43:14 GMT+01:00
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Mr Rhys
Good comeback by Mr McSporran
9 September 2005, 13:17:06 GMT+01:00
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Mark Holland
Mr McSporran?
Hoots, wee bonny lad!
9 September 2005, 12:32:33 GMT+01:00