davieG Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 A company selling "Anyone but England" T-shirts for this year's World Cup has rejected suggestions it is racist after police in Aberdeen visited its store. Police warned Slanj, which also has stores in Glasgow and Edinburgh, that a window display featuring the shirt could cause offence. Grampian officers advised a store worker to consider whether the display was appropriate and should be removed. A spokesman for Slanj said staff were "flabbergasted" by the warning. Ross Lyle, from the company, said: "To be honest we're absolutely flabbergasted. "We have been selling this T-shirt for the past three months and we've had a great response. "Even the English people who come into the store think it's a laugh and just a bit of tongue-in-cheek football banter. "We're certainly not being racist. We are the same race as the English. It's just daft to say it's offensive." A spokesman for Grampian Police said the force's visit to the Slanj store was not in response to any public complaint about the shirt slogan and was prompted by an officer acting on his own initiative. In a statement, the force said it was purely an "advisory visit" and there was no criminal investigation as a result. Pc Kirk Hemmings added: "The primary role of any police force is to preserve the peace and we would be failing in our duty if we did not make people aware of the potential for disturbance such a window display could cause. "The Grampian area, in common with the rest of the country, has recorded incidents relating to nationality and we have a responsibility to do our best to ensure that incidents of this nature are kept to a minimum. "The public expect no less of us." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8533791.stm
Joe. Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 Who would even pay to wear that?Tack Exactly what I was going to say. You'd just be a bit of a sad mug to buy it anyway. I don't find it offensive at all, just pathetic to be honest.
Manwell Pablo Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 I think it's quite amusing to be honest.
StanSP Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 A poor attempt at belittling England. Looks shit anyway, walking around in a t-shirt with ABE on.
dandannieldanok Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 The scots are really pathetic. I'd be slightly embarrassed if I was scottish.
Fosse Boy Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 Who cares? Let 'em get on with it. If any Englishman is actually offended by this then you're as small-time as the people who are winding you up by producing this stuff.
purpleronnie Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 Who cares? Let 'em get on with it.If any Englishman is actually offended by this then you're as small-time as the people who are winding you up by producing this stuff. Exactly. For one it looks terrible, but its kinda funny, why anyone would care about stuff is beyond me, quickly becoming a nation of wimps.
geordie_fox Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 We should all wear one saying: A.L.W.T At Least We're There!
lildave3 Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 A poor attempt at belittling England.Looks shit anyway, walking around in a t-shirt with ABE on. What if your name is Abe? You've not thought this through lad, you've not thought it through!
Trav Le Bleu Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 What if your name is Abe?You've not thought this through lad, you've not thought it through!
Finnegan Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 lol @ some of you. I wouldn't pay for it but I'd wear one, s'a giggle. Reminds me of the last Scotland world cup song:
FoxyPV Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 It's a bit of craic - don't see the problem. Everyone knows the Scots/ Irish / Welsh hate the English and for the most part its reciprocal.
Uncle Albert Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 Haha this reminds of the time when the Jocks and the Sheepshaggers were giving away free pints in pubs for every goal Argentina scored against us in 2002.
Finnegan Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 It's a bit of craic - don't see the problem. Everyone knows the Scots/ Irish / Welsh hate the English and for the most part its reciprocal. Innit? I don't get why people get so whiney and "oh this is just pathetic/embarrassing" about stuff like this. I actually hate the people that get stuffy about this sort of stuff more than the twat Forest fans who harp on about "oh yeah we don't give a shit about Leicester hahahahahaha" and then sit spamming our forums acting like they've won the lottery if we ever lose to them.
Fosse Boy Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 It's a bit of craic - don't see the problem. Everyone knows the Scots/ Irish / Welsh hate the English and for the most part its reciprocal. I don't hate any of my Celtic cousins. In fact I don't think I hate anyone based purely on their nationality...
Samilktray Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 I dont particularly like the Scottish, I dont mind the Welsh or Irish, its the Germans who annoy me.
FoxyPV Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 I don't hate any of my Celtic cousins. In fact I don't think I hate anyone based purely on their nationality... For the most part it's not hatred but just a desire to see them lose. (better still - do well up to a certain point and then fail ignomiously usually through their own ineptitude)
Finnegan Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 Yeah I don't see it as hatred, per se. It's just sporting banter ain't it.
dandannieldanok Posted 24 February 2010 Posted 24 February 2010 Yeah I don't see it as hatred, per se. It's just sporting banter ain't it. Not really banter though because it's just one way. No-one can say it's got anything to do with sport as there is no rivalry in place between Scotland and England's football teams, we barely ever play each other and we're on completely different levels. It's harmless but you can't say it's banter, it's a pointless hatred and jealousy on their part.
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