Paid Members Carbomb Posted November 3, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted November 3, 2017 1 hour ago, BomberPat said: I'd say the "religion is a choice" aspect is only true to a point - the right-wing arsehole who hates Muslims probably isn't particularly concerned with the finer points of Islamic dogma, they just hate anyone looking vaguely brown. That's the first thing I call out the usual wankers on. Whenever I hear "Islam isn't a race", I just say "you know exactly what's being said, so don't you fucking come it with me". As to the Catholic/Protestant thing, I'm not so naïf to believe it isn't a problem in Scotland, as the regular Old Firm grief that pops up on the news occasionally over the usual stupid fuckery will testify, but I honestly though the whole Orange thing was more a NI problem, given that the battle supposedly being commemorated took place in Ireland. The idiocy of the entire issue astounds me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted November 3, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted November 3, 2017 On the "Islam isn't a race, so I'm not being racist" front, I tend to think, "so your only defence is to nitpick about the precise nature of your prejudice?". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted November 3, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted November 3, 2017 (edited) I live on the other side of Scotland from you chaps, so it's not nearly as rife- although occasionally you do find a reasonable person turns into a complete div when the subject of their favoured Old Firm team turns up, now and again. Sadly, Glasgow has quite appalling institutional divides in relation to the old religion. All manner of shady rumours about the powerful and their intentions being swung by their particular beliefs. A few friends went to Uni in Glasgow and, while none had a dog in the race, they could feel the weight of it on Glasgow, from time to time. Edited November 3, 2017 by ColinBollocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 2 hours ago, David said: I see plenty of people telling those pesky Muslims that very thing all the time on social media. Can't say that I really agree with that to be honest. But as has been pointed out, the majority of that is because of the colour of their skin.  I grew up in an Irish Catholic community in the midlands at the time of the pub bombings, it wasn't fun being spat at.  As I say, I'm not dismissing or trivialising any discriminatory incidents.  I remember John Junor wrote in a Sunday paper how he wished the Irish had green skin so that you could spot them and see them in plain sight. And that's my initial point.  You can't tell which Christian sect someone is from by what they are wearing but you know the colour of someones skin.  You could be an Orangeman and convert to Catholicism, can't do that with you skin colour, unless you're Michael Jackson. My understanding is the Catholic/Protestant prejudice comes from hidden stuff, such as an employer looking at your CV and seeing which school you went to and hiring or not hiring accordingly, things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Wow this topic took an unexpected turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 17, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 17, 2020 Just had to resurrect this thread for this monstrosity. Is this you @David or @Keith Houchen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 Looks like Carbomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ElCece Posted October 18, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 18, 2020 Looks like a jelly baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 19, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 19, 2020 On 10/18/2020 at 3:52 AM, Keith Houchen said: Looks like Carbomb. Piss off, I only walk around with one belt in public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 22, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 22, 2020 Kevin Lee is going for it: https://www.fightful.com/mma/kevin-lee-teases-getting-large-head-tattoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Kevin Lee and Bobby Green. MMA's answer to Cryme Tyme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 5, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted November 5, 2020 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 After watching some highlights of last nights event, please extend a warm welcome to Sandhagen and Volkov in particular for the monstrosities on their backs. Volkovs looks like an anti Semitic depiction of a transformer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted February 16, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted February 16, 2022 Just leaving this here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 On 10/17/2020 at 9:11 PM, wandshogun09 said: Just had to resurrect this thread for this monstrosity. Is this you @David or @Keith Houchen? A BJ Penn tattoo? No thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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