This whole Refgate thing

[rbr 1,247]

Is it just me or has this whole debacle over what was nothing more than a wee white lie now gone mental , we now have the Catholic Church wanting a man who to the best of my knowledge wasn't even directly involved , sacked , for the henious crime of forwarding on an e-mail .

 

Now as an athiest , in fact a dyslexic atheist who doesn't even believe there is a dog , I would have thought that a Church that has spent the last 25 years covering up child abuse by it's employees or priest's as they are commonly known , would have more on it's plate than wading into this mess , what next papal intervention into UEFA's decision not to penalise Thierry Henry over the hand ball that helped send the Republic out of the world cup .

 

We really are a pathetic wee country , if the SFA had any balls they would slap Celtic with a �£100,000 fine and a suspended 12 penalty point deduction if they ever opened their bitter wee mouths again .

[maineflyer 0]

Is it just me or has this whole debacle over what was nothing more than a wee white lie now gone mental , we now have the Catholic Church wanting a man who to the best of my knowledge wasn't even directly involved , sacked , for the henious crime of forwarding on an e-mail .

 

Now as an athiest , in fact a dyslexic atheist who doesn't even believe there is a dog , I would have thought that a Church that has spent the last 25 years covering up child abuse by it's employees or priest's as they are commonly known , would have more on it's plate than wading into this mess , what next papal intervention into UEFA's decision not to penalise Thierry Henry over the hand ball that helped send the Republic out of the world cup .

 

We really are a pathetic wee country , if the SFA had any balls they would slap Celtic with a �£100,000 fine and a suspended 12 penalty point deduction if they ever opened their bitter wee mouths again .

 

We're a country of cowards, infatuated with accusation and disinterested in truth. Most of all we're utterly divided and determined to deny it. Scotland, an embarrassing land of lies and shame.

[maineflyer 0]

[Guest BillyMac]

boy oh boy this mhankie mob will not stop until they get rid of Mr Dallas if anything happens to Dallas I only hope that they feel obliged to do the same to diamond and co for their obviously sectarian bile on their face book pages but I will not hold my breath

[maineflyer 0]

boy oh boy this mhankie mob will not stop until they get rid of Mr Dallas if anything happens to Dallas I only hope that they feel obliged to do the same to diamond and co for their obviously sectarian bile on their face book pages but I will not hold my breath

 

This has become a rather forlorn place to look for equality. Breathe again.

[Bluedell 5,356]

I wonder if the RC church realise that they are asking the SFA to break the law on a number of issues. Perhaps there should be an investigation into Peter Kearney and if he is found guilty of it then he will be removed from his post.

 

As has been pointed out, a few employees of the RC chuch have been guilty of much worse crimes than forwarding an email and they don't see fit to remove them from their posts (or even report it to the proper authorities), so it is hypocritical of them, but that's no surprise.

 

Out of interest what did the email say?

[craig 5,199]

We're a country of cowards, infatuated with accusation and disinterested in truth. Most of all we're utterly divided and determined to deny it. Scotland, an embarrassing land of lies and shame.

 

Move to Bermuda

[Zappa 0]

Out of interest what did the email say?

 

Referee's chief Hugh Dallas faces probe over Pope email slur

Nov 8 2010 Donna Watson

 

REFS' boss Hugh Dallas will be carpeted by football chiefs after passing on a tasteless joke about the Pope from his SFA email account.

 

The under-fire ex-whistler will have to explain himself this week after it emerged he had forwarded the tasteless viral from his office at Hampden.

 

An SFA insider told the Record: "This has been an extremely embarrassing episode for the SFA.

 

"It's not seen as being malicious on Hugh's part but it is certainly a huge lapse in judgment.

 

"Hugh is generally seen as being a very efficient and sensible guy and he will really have to explain himself over what has happened."

 

Football internet forums went into meltdown over the weekend when news emerged that Dallas had passed on the email to pals on the day of Pope Benedict's visit to Scotland in September.

 

The tacky message referred to the child sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. It included an image of a road traffic warning sign from a school crossing. A silhouette of an adult holding a child's hand is above the word "CAUTION". The rest of the wording was doctored to read "The Pope is coming".

 

Dallas is thought to be out of the country and could not be reached for comment last night.

 

The SFA failed to return calls but the source insisted Dallas will not be fired.

 

The insider said: "Hugh will have to come up with a good explanation and he will be hauled over the coals for his stupidity but he won't be sacked."

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/11/08/referee-s-chief-hugh-dallas-faces-probe-over-pope-email-slur-86908-22700983/

[Zappa 0]

The tacky message referred to the child sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. It included an image of a road traffic warning sign from a school crossing. A silhouette of an adult holding a child's hand is above the word "CAUTION". The rest of the wording was doctored to read "The Pope is coming".

 

Pretty damn funny really!

[maineflyer 0]

Move to Bermuda

 

The view of things from Abu Dhabi is quite clear thanks.:grin: