Re: Police officers injured and 20 arrests in Rangers crowd trouble

Not a bad idea that. Oil, petrol, diesel getting into the watercourses can cause no end of ecological damage that will have to be cleaned up.

As UK law stands (I think), if someone damages your house, car, wall, and they are without insurance, then your insurance coughs up (if you have any that is). Your insurance company will reclaim this via your premiums in years to come unless you have NCD protection insurance. You could TRY to take the miscreant to the small claims court for reimbursement but you might not succeed.

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You get the awful sneaky feeling there'll be one or two incidences like this as lockdown lifts and some folk'll come charging out like demented bulls let out of their field keen to enjoy their reinstated freedom.

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This happens every day they play a game (to some degree). The first minister and police knew this would happen two months ago and did nothing. The police said it was peaceful, the first minister basically said they were very naughty and mustn't do it again.

Mob Rule here on the west coast of Scotland, and if we every got independance, scenes like this would be an everyday occurrence.

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Independence or not, Pixie, it still happened and would still happen in the future I reckon. As you say, "mob rule".

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I wouldn't say it was specific to Scotland.
Look at those Man U supporters the other week .... they slashed a coppers face and left him with 'life-changing' injuries.

I hate that term, 'life-changing'. It makes you shudder.

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I saw videos of this on twitter. It was mad. Who are the "huns" and why are they chanting anti-catholic things? What has religion to do with football ? (other than being a religion to some of course...)

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But Morti this was really really off the normal hooliganism compass. They were kicking schmitt out of each other indiscriminately. Didn't matter which side they were on. Just random violent craziness.

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Its sectarianism, Annie, pure and simple. This isn't about football...its about Protestants - v - Catholics. Its about marching through the streets every Summer to celebrate William of Orange, its about spitting on priests and walking through Catholic areas to show dominance. Power and control, nothing to do with football. The fans sing anti-catholic songs at football games, Catholic footballers are not allowed to to bless themselves before a game or when they score a goal as its considered inciteful behaviour....oh I could go on and on. I am not Catholic, btw. Oh, and "huns" are a term used to describe rangers players or fans because they behave like Attila the Hun

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Wow I didn't think the Scots were so religious these days.!
Thanks for translating huns

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Its not really religious either, to be honest. That's the guise they use to get away with it. if anyone says or does anything to prevent them, its all "But that's our religious right" when in fact they are committing every sin in the book. Its more concentrated in the West Coast - up North, Aberdeen way, they put a stop to it and blankly refused to allow any such behaviour. But then of course, they have their own brand of religious nuts called the Wee Frees