"Sectarian language." Broadly worded for broad interpretation. Five year prison term. The United Kingdom, 2018.pic.twitter.com/GoxgJSOjH5
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"Sectarian language." Broadly worded for broad interpretation. Five year prison term. The United Kingdom, 2018.pic.twitter.com/GoxgJSOjH5
What's amazing is this all seemed to happen under the radar, with no public input or notice until it's now too late. An Orwellian police state has grown over the last several years, to an extent no one would have dreamed of 10 years ago.
To me, a Scottish/Irish blend, sectarian language is quite clear, and this is aimed at Scots as it names Scottish prisons. Scotland has its own legal system, which is why English people won't have heard about it. Loads of people travel to football on the train, and lots of 1/2
violence stems from the football...people have been killed for supporting the 'wrong' team so actually the threat of a 5 year prison sentence is fair. Nip the aggro in the bud so to say. You can't pin anti Catholic/Protestant speech as racist, so 'sectarian' it is 2/2
Thanks for this - I was thinking "WTF do they mean?" then realised it's Scottish. All the same, I thought Ireland & Glasgow would be the only places where "sectarian" is commonly understood. Are you Scots all at each other's throats now? 
Violent thugs look for excuses to be violent, and religion is an easy one as it's clear cut which group you are. Loads of people's families have gone back and forth Scotland-Ireland and have either been Ulster settlers or Catholics who've been shat on.
Most people don't care what you are, but the language and grudges get passed down through families and some Scottish Protestant beliefs are extreme- essentially like the DUP. If you watch Trainspotting 2 there is a hilarious piss take of sectarianism.
Extreme beliefs shouldn't be illegal. Violent ACTIONS should be. But then, the UK doesn't have a First Amendment protecting free expression of beliefs and ideas. The sign should have said, "language which incites violence [against anyone] will be prosecuted."
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