World Cup 2010: HMV withdraws 'racist' anti-England posters from Scottish stores

[Incognito]

Honestly, you have always struck me as a bit of an uneducated moron.

How many times did you put me on your ignore list last year? How many times did you take me off your ignore list last year?

Ignoring you is an entirely different concept to insulting you. Only one of us is showing themselves up as the 'moron.'

I don't see it that way. I am actually old enough to remember occasions where Scotland qualified and England did not, and in fact was living in England during one such occasion. During the 1978 Finals.
Lots of English people said afterwards that they were all right behind Scotland because they were the only home team at those Finals. However, that was by no means the case. Very few were actively rooting for anyone else, but I cannot remember a single person who really gave a toss about how we fared.
Fair dos I thought, why SHOULD they give a hoot really?
I am much the same where England are concerned, I am not going to be cheering for anyone playing them, but I am not likely to be plastering the car with St George's flags neither.
I am watching these finals in the hope that the team that plays the most attractive footy and scores the most goals, ends up as Champions. As it stands, the chances of England being that team are not looking good, but if it all turns to gold over the next few weeks then so be it. They will deserve all the plaudits they will ultimately get.
If people believe I am racist because I am not falling over myself to jump on the England bandwagon, then that is their prerogative. I regard myself as a neutral observer.
Besides, that particular bandwagon looks like it has a few too many wobbly wheels for my liking!!

Yeah you've got me on that one dude, I was in diapers.

[minestrone]

Ignoring you is an entirely different concept to insulting you. Only one of us is showing themselves up as the 'moron.'

And you got your degree from where?

[shaunbhoy]

Yeah you've got me on that one dude, I was in diapers.

You've never lived if you were not in Ally's Tartan Army!!!!



I was very young I might add, a mere 20-year-old!



Which also makes me old enough to have witnessed the pivotal footballing events of May 25th 1967!

[d000hg]

I would say 1,372 gay people getting attacked in England was a problem.

And running that through your syndromed brain would mean England was a homophobic country would it not?

England is a homophobic country, as is the rest of the world. Otherwise it wouldn't be possible to create long-running comedy shows where the defining part of a character's role is that they're gay, and it wouldn't be a talking point that an MP is gay.

To paraphrase Nick Griffin: "the majority of British people find something disquieting about seeing two men kissing". And, I think he's bang-on. It's wrong to discuss it but I'm sure every gay person in your local football/rugby team is the butt () of jokes behind their back.

[Incognito]

And you got your degree from where?

Right then, because that little piece of paper you get for four years of being on the piss and popping countless drugs really demonstrates how successful you've been in life.

I left school with three highers with grades good enough to get me into a mediocre Uni if I really fancied another four years of 'education.' Instead I joined the Royal Navy and on my 21st birthday was partying on a beach in Indonesia. I have been round the world (twice), whilst being paid for it and now when comparing myself with those of my compatriots who did go onto Uni, I can quite happily say that not one of them has earned more than me in the last five years. Infact I would say 90% of them have not taken home 50% of what I take home.

So, you can take that rolled up diploma of yours and bask in the little letters it allows you to stick behind your name, I'll happily take the bank balance. Because basically what I'm getting at is the fact I know I currently do earn more than you and I will continue to earn more than you, but hey at least you've got those little letters to keep you warm.

[d000hg]

I'm pretty sure the vast majority of English people would prefer to see the Scots and Welsh and Irish at the World cup as well as themselves, and would support them except when they threaten England.

However the fact is the English quite like the Scots, and everyone seems to like the Irish. On t'radio when they talk about the football and get a barrage of "this is supposed to be British not English radio", it always sounds like only the Scots are complaining, the Welsh and Irish don't seem to care.

[Incognito]

You've never lived if you were not in Ally's Tartan Army!!!!



I was very young I might add, a mere 20-year-old!



Which also makes me old enough to have witnessed the pivotal footballing events of May 25th 1967!

I was at the 'Wester Scotland' tartan army burns night just gone. Oh dear, Scottish stereotypes aplenty.

[shaunbhoy]

it wouldn't be a talking point that an MP is gay.

Not sure it IS a talking point that an MP is gay anymore.

[d000hg]

Right then, because that little piece of paper you get for four years of being on the piss and popping countless drugs really demonstrates how successful you've been in life.

Want some ketchup to go with that chip?

[minestrone]

You've never lived if you were not in Ally's Tartan Army!!!!



I was very young I might add, a mere 20-year-old!



Which also makes me old enough to have witnessed the pivotal footballing events of May 25th 1967!

My brother got a "Scotland 78" School bag that year, after a couple of weeks the "Scotland 78" flaked off to reveal "England 78".

Could you imagine the throttling Scotland would have given England in that game if the Celtic players were not "Injured".