T-shirts racist or nae?

[longrunsthefox]

Right you PCs... is this racist? 


Police fears over 'Anyone but England' T-shirt

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.
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
"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."

[ziggysego]

Anyone but England and it would be

[Celt_Man]

My jaysus, has the whole world gone PC mad?

[red hander]

Is yer man selling these online?

[Doogie Browser]

Is yer man selling these online?

Well the whole world has gone PC mad so I would say so.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Is England a race? 

[Denn Forever]

Is England a race? 

which they won in 1966.

[sandwiches_in_the_boot]

Get em while they're hot

http://www.slanjkilts.com/Latest/Scottish-World-Cup-Shirts-2010.html

[mylestheslasher]

No, because the english are not a race but mostly as this is sport related and people have the right to "dislike" a team if they wish.

[Lady GAA GAA]

Typically shite thread....aye

[Puckoon]

Typically shite thread....aye

Hows that strap on treatin' ye?

[deiseach]

You can be certain that if an English shop had a t-shirt extolling the virtues of Edward Longshanks, the first people to take exception would be the Jocks. People say things of the English that they'd never dream of saying about anyone else, and if the English are hurt by that then that's their problem, isn't it?

[Canalman]

Anyone wearing such a t shirt would imo be an undiluted knob. Presume that we wlill  see Irish versions for sale shortly.
Still sadly see the odd car with the sticker of a Celtic fan p*ssing on a Rangers top. So so sad.

[NAG1]

In fairness the English have pissed more people off around the globe with their Empire Building and disdain for peoples right throughout history, so this kind of thing is a bit of charmic justice. That is why I think people feel it is ok to rip on the English and for my part I agree!

[longrunsthefox]

Anyone wearing such a t shirt would imo be an undiluted knob. Presume that we wlill  see Irish versions for sale shortly.
Still sadly see the odd car with the sticker of a Celtic fan p*ssing on a Rangers top. So so sad.

OTT