Anti-sectarian authoritarianism
We believe that introducing a law to imprison people for up to five years because of offensive sectarian chanting or online comments is extreme and illiberal. continue reading »
"This proposed legislation makes me feel ashamed to be Scottish. I did not vote for a Scottish parliament but I am sure those who did did not anticipate that it's legislative powers would be used for nonsense like this."
"Bg brother is watching you - mind what thoughts you have?"
"i will sing god save the queen and u can arrest me til doomsday i wont change my heritage or beliefs for your poxy insane laws."
"This is reactionary and unfairly targets a symptom of the problem. The issue needs to be tackled at ground level, dealing with the devisive seperate education and early teachings which condition later life attitudes."
"Ridiculous bill, from a party who thrive on ridiculous but populist bills. One way never, ever to get my vote."
"I dont believe Scotland has a sectarianism problem and the Rangers/Celtic crowds of last season have been hyped out of all proportion for the sake of political grandstanding.There are sufficient Laws to deal with crowd problems at any football match."
"cops in the streets - not in the stands"