GovanAllan 0 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 You are probably correct mate,however it's a Rangers player!! See the BBC at it again to they've pulled it now but the first story on their website had a pic of McGregor. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,461 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 See the BBC at it again to they've pulled it now but the first story on their website had a pic of McGregor. Aye,seen that,hopefuly CW jumps on that. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 And yet nothing was done about the 2 Aberdeen players' (Paton and Diamond) on-line sectarian slurs, and they have gone about their football careers without any further mention. Compare and contrast the treatment from the hypocrites in the press, politicians etc. Exactly BD and what about stokes and commons with HUNS on their twitter page nothing said or done. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,187 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 After Lennon had his DOB rant, he was given a hefty new contract, made captain and later appointed manager. Even guys like Bob Malcolm went on to be fine after his daft mistake. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,461 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 And yet nothing was done about the 2 Aberdeen players' (Paton and Diamond) on-line sectarian slurs, and they have gone about their football careers without any further mention. Compare and contrast the treatment from the hypocrites in the press, politicians etc. Two Aberdeen FC stars have posted apparently sectarian comments on a social networking website. Michael Paton and Zander Diamond left comments on Facebook insulting Protestants, it emerged last night. Aberdeen Football Club has confirmed that the postings have now been removed and the players â??spoken toâ?. The messages were posted on Patonâ??s Facebook page on September 16 â?? the day of the Popeâ??s open-air Mass at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. Diamond, 25, the clubâ??s vice-captain, referred to the pontiff â??running oer prods in his popemobileâ?. Paton, 21, replied â??aye and them going on fire in turnin into dust hahahâ?. Last night, the comments were condemned by the Catholic Church in Scotland, which said the club should deal with the players â??firmlyâ?. Spokesman Peter Kearney said: â??Ultimately, the fight against sectarianism and bigotry has to be dealt with by Aberdeen Football Club. It is to be hoped that they will deal firmly with these players.â? He added: â??The concern must remain that the underlying motivation has not been questioned simply by removing these comments from the page. There does seem to be a deeper intolerance.â? Chris Crighton, editor of Dons fanzine The Red Final, said fans would be â??dismayedâ? by the playersâ?? comments. â??It winds me up that footballers even have these web pages â?? it is just asking for trouble,â? he said. â??They should know they are public figures, and anything they put in a public forum like that is going to attract greater attention than if anyone else was to do it. â??Clubs like Aberdeen, who have set their stall out to bring young players into the first team, really need to make players aware of what they can and cannot do. There is an element of responsibility on them to be beyond reproach and to be seen to be beyond reproach.â? Mr Crighton added Diamondâ??s comments were particularly disappointing. â??You are looking at someone who captained the team last Saturday,â? he said. â??He is one of the senior figures among the current squad, and he should know better.â? Last night, a club spokes-man said: â??We have dealt with it internally and the threads have been removed. â??The players have been spoken to.â? It is not the first time Dons players have attracted attention for content posted online. Two years ago, Diamond was warned about his behaviour by the teamâ??s manager at the time, Jimmy Calderwood, after photos of the defender sporting Celtic regalia appeared on another social networking site. Diamond has never hidden his support for the Glasgow side, but was spoken to by Calderwood after photos were posted on his girlfriendâ??s Bebo page of him posing with a Hoops cake, card and headband to mark his birthday. Only months earlier, fellow Don Chris Maguire faced claims he posted offensive and derogatory remarks about two Rangers players on a friendâ??s Bebo page. The alleged remarks were directed at Barry Ferguson and Allan Hutton, who have both since left Rangers. The striker denied any involvement in the comments, and said they were posted by someone else who had accessed his site. The comments were posted three days before Aberdeen played Rangers in a heated match, where Ferguson grabbed Maguire by the throat after appearing to have fouled the Scotland under-21 star. At the time, a spokesman for Aberdeen said the player knew the comments were â??totally unacceptableâ?, but maintained someone else had used his account. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1952466 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,461 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20060108/ai_n15993098/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanAllan 0 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 (edited) Utter double standards Ian. You would have to question if FTP is a sectarian breach, as you are not being derogatory to members of his church but to the head of said church. Who being the head of the church is surely open to such criticism. :smile: Edited November 7, 2011 by GovanAllan 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,302 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Something like ... take the circumstances into account, place, age, alcohol and last but not least those who made him utter what he did (whatever it was) ... spring to mind. On a sidenote, does anyone on here actually think that any English lower league club would care what happens to or is thought about him in Scotland? With regards to his "career-threatening" behaviour? Anyways, let's hear some facts please and take the action of other "offenders" into account. (On a sidenote, if we do "sack" him, we can actually point out that we deal with the these "problems" and then list those offenders from other clubs, who have not been dealt with appropriately or on a like basis. Double standards and all ...) 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metlika 0 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Didn't Ledley have a slur as well and used the age old excuse his account was hacked? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancornetto 1 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Utter double standards Ian. You would have to question if FTP is a sectarian breach, as you are not being derogatory to members of his church but to the head of said church. Who being the head of the church is surely open to such criticism. :smile: There is no reason why FTP should be considered sectarian, Rangers are not a religious club or have any links to any religion we are a secular organisation and so attacking the head of a religion should be "free speech". Maybe there is a big Christian/Protestant element to our support but I would hazard a guess that 75% of "us" do not practice. I dressed up as a Cardinal at Halloween and had an interesting debate with a Celtic supporting neighbour of mine...his view was that I was being borderline sectarian. His justification for saying that was simply because I am a Rangers supporter! I told him in a free country it is against no law or by-law to mock a religious leader no matter which team you support. You don't see Hitchens or Fry being arrested and charged with sectarian offences and they regularly rip Catholicism apart. Rangers fans seem to have lesser rights than everybody else. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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