topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) It was an officeholder answering a far out hypothetical question from a journalist about 15 or 20 years ago, rather than anything worth taking seriously. We just had a referendum with pretty much zero signs of any pro-Union paramilitarism after all. Have to hand it to the Orange Order they manage to get people to completely lose the plot year after year. Maybe they serve a useful purpose in that regard in helping the rest of us identify complete cranks that are best ignored, but personally I'd rather they just gave the whole 1690 thing a rest, so we could move to a genuinely secular society with no sky fairy nonsense creating unnecessary divides between people.You mean the grand secretary of the orange order was actually talking a load of shit that made his organisation sound more significant than it actually is? Edited July 11, 2015 by topcat(The most tip top) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Fucking hell what a lot of utter drivel and pish , when did the orange order ever suggest paramilitary action in the result of a yes vote http://web.archive.org/web/20020126093957/http://sundayherald.cw.cims.co.uk/16837 This. Try and not greet about it, forever_blue. It was an officeholder answering a far out hypothetical question from a journalist about 15 or 20 years ago, No, it wasn't. They had an embarrassing climb-down afterwards as well. It was most amusing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 From what I remember he was talking about what some fringe nutters might do under a hypothetical set of circumstances rather than what the Orange Order would do and a copy editor got a bit carried away with the headline for the article. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Gorilla Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 From what I remember he was talking about what some fringe nutters might do under a hypothetical set of circumstances rather than what the Orange Order would do and a copy editor got a bit carried away with the headline for the article. Maybe you should read it again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Not interested because it's an irrelevance dredged up by cranks to demonise people, who don't deserve to be taken so seriously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Maybe you should read it again I read it and if you take it seriously then you're a fool. Have you seen the cut of most blokes in loyal orders in Scotland? They make me look young, fit, lithe and healthy. The Maquis they are not. I'd reckon that their biggest act of sabotage would be to pencil a Hitler moustache on Wee Nicola's photo on the Daily Record before skedaddling on their mobility scooters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoy who invented weetabix Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 One of the fantastic quirks of our weather in Scotland is it always seems to pish down the second saturday in July no matter how good or bad a summer we are having. Today being no exception. Marvellous 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I read it and if you take it seriously then you're a fool. Have you seen the cut of most blokes in loyal orders in Scotland? They make me look young, fit, lithe and healthy. The Maquis they are not. I'd reckon that their biggest act of sabotage would be to pencil a Hitler moustache on Wee Nicola's photo on the Daily Record before skedaddling on their mobility scooters. I read it, too, (it's the first time I've seen it) and shook my head. He'd have been better saying nothing as coming out with that scaremongering nonsense. I doubt that the cleverest of editing and "misquoting" could have come up with that - a typical PR disaster from the Orange Order. Maybe the high heid yins have learnt a wee bit about PR in the last 15 years - although sometimes I doubt it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Anyway I messed up my schedule and turned up for the 4th over of Netherlands vs UAE Scotland Afghanistan is the second half of this double header. Live reports from the ground this afternoon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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THE KING Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 LOL @ Forever Glue 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 It sad when you have to put 'lol' on your drapes to prove you are having fun. I would have put on ROFL personally, but that's me. Is the lass on the far left, Kelly Marie from River City? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbelle Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Looks a rough Stacey Slater in the lol sash and her maw just behind in the White. It's a bit like a new Daz advert. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Aye because going from Aryan supremacy to white Protestant supremacy is such a massive leap. Hiya Tim, hiya pal. Still advocating "disappearing" housewives on the spurious grounds that they are touts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) That seems very different from the last Orange Walk I saw way back in Nineteen-canteen - back then it was just a band with some folk in Rangers taps dragging their knuckles along the pavements at the sides - can anybody just join in now ? Looks like all you need is a wee plastic Gala Day flag and you're off and walking!All those folk so utterly wrapped up in something so utterly insignificant. Edited July 12, 2015 by Ned Nederlander 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Half Rice Half Chips Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Is an orange person allowed to attend the funeral or wedding of a Catholic friend (in the albeit unlikely event that they had one)? I keep hearing the orange order claim their organisation stands for religious freedom and tolerance. Surely they wouldn't have a rule against this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingrodent Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 It sad when you have to put 'lol' on your drapes to prove you are having fun. I would have put on ROFL personally, but that's me. Is the lass on the far left, Kelly Marie from River City? Ask people "hands up who's an idiot and a fanny" and they'll just sit there, but ask them "who wants to go on an orange walk" and loads of people will go for it. It's the same question, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Just back and what a time to turn up Afghanistan 112/1 and then 2 wickets in three balls for De Lange opens this back up 115/3 in the 12th 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 She ward hits a couple of massive sixes and then holes out140/4 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Is an orange person allowed to attend the funeral or wedding of a Catholic friend (in the albeit unlikely event that they had one)? I keep hearing the orange order claim their organisation stands for religious freedom and tolerance. Surely they wouldn't have a rule against this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14920403 Two Ulster Unionists, including the leader Tom Elliot, are to face disciplinary proceedings by the Orange Order for going to the Catholic funeral of murdered policeman Ronan Kerr. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14939940 The "Qualifications of an Orangeman" state that a member should "scrupulously avoid countenancing (by his presence or otherwise) any act or ceremony of Popish worship". Edited July 12, 2015 by Enrico Annoni 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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