Football/ Gaelic Shirts

Cotta

sill wrote: »

Sorry not at my sons school,the schools own tops with the schools colors were worn.Don't know about other integrated schools policies maybe others would be able to say.Sill

But it was still played, now you feel that is acceptable within intergrated junior education?

tara747

sill wrote: »

How in gods name am I being predudiced when I am asking is uni really the right place to wear shirts that you are not allowed to wear in schools , colleges , bars, nightclubs, restaurants , and most workplaces . Tara I really think you should calm down about this as you seem to think that by asking a simple question makes me in some way predudiced I suggest so look up the meaning of the word in a dictionary.I asked a question and when others answered I gave an opinion ,in most places this is called a debate which is the basis of every democratic societyin the world.As to why I sent my son to a integrated school the reason is simple I wanted him to interact with people from all religions and cultures which unlike where I went to school in Canada rarely happens as other types of schools in Northern Ireland are usualy populated by one religion or the other.If this makes me intolerant and predudiced then I suggest you contact the oxford english dictionary and get them to change the defination of these words. Sill

You asked whether people were bothered by students wearing sports shirts. Most people who replied to you weren't bothered. Yet you still persisted in going on about it, in a rather unpleasant way. So, IMHO, you are expressing prejudice.

mezza101 wrote: »

im afraid you are banging your head against a brick wall here :wall: good ole norn iron is as bigoted and divided as it ever was and the shirt wearing is just one of very many expressions of it in our tribal society........but dont worry haas is gonna sort it all out by christmas

Do you really think that wearing a sports shirt is an expression of bigotry?

sill wrote: »

I have asked a simple question and others in this forum have been kind enough to give their views.My son was shocked as he went to both an integrated primary school and college where wearing any of these tops would not be allowed.As to words like "shocked and astonished"I suggest it might be a good idea to not highlight words unless they have actually been said.Can I come live in your world where there is nobody wearing tops to make statements if you truly believe that then I suggest you live in a bubble not I.

Did you or son ask even a random sample of these students why they were wearing sports shirts? I doubt that it was 'to make statements'.

GlynD

Sill I can see exactly what you are driving at. I come from the sort of background which would frown on the wearing of any sports tops at uni. Jeans and tee shirts yes but sports tops don't have any degree of respectability at all in my view and in the view of most of the people I know.

There is an added dimension as you know and as many have laboured to force down your throat on this thread lol.

The reason employers/pubs clubs ban these shirts is obvious. They signify partisanship in many cases and that can cause dissent in the workplace or when socialising. As one or two have said, students are meant to be more responsible in their attitudes to these things and I would venture that a large proportion of them are.

I disagree with Tara that bigots are in the minority. I think they're still very much in the majority but are forced to keep their prejudices hidden most of the time. Mind you it's worth bearing in mind that it only takes one person to hurt another over a sports shirt or other real or imagined partisan slight. I'd stay well away from sports tops but display an enlightenment to those who do wear them to show the world that I'm the better man.

sill

mezza101 wrote: »

im afraid you are banging your head against a brick wall here :wall: good ole norn iron is as bigoted and divided as it ever was and the shirt wearing is just one of very many expressions of it in our tribal society........but dont worry haas is gonna sort it all out by christmas

Yeah your'e right , this has made me remember why I turn radio ulster over at times.No more posts from me about this.:lipsrseal:lipsrseal:lipsrsealSill

GlynD

sill wrote: »

Yeah your'e right , this has made me remember why I turn radio ulster over at times.No more posts from me about this.:lipsrseal:lipsrseal:lipsrsealSill

Don't let them put you off Sill. You just stand your ground.

The_Hurricane

I'm surprised Gaelic is played at intergrated schools, that could put off Protestant pupils from joining.

GlynD

The_Hurricane wrote: »

I'm surprised Gaelic is played at intergrated schools, that could put off Protestant pupils from joining.

I was wondering about that.

sill

tara747 wrote: »

You asked whether people were bothered by students wearing sports shirts. Most people who replied to you weren't bothered. Yet you still persisted in going on about it, in a rather unpleasant way. So, IMHO, you are expressing prejudice.




Do you really think that wearing a sports shirt is an expression of bigotry?




Did you or son ask even a random sample of these students why they were wearing sports shirts? I doubt that it was 'to make statements'.

Tara I didn't ask in original post was anybody bothered by these shirts being worn at uni, I asked what people thought about it, I didn't make any comment till 9 posts later. Am I supposed to let you and another poster call me bitter, prejudiced ,a control freak ,intolerant,and ignorant and not respond in your humble opinion in a rather unpleasant way and now this also makes me prejudiced.If you and the other poster feel the need to call me these things i'm starting to think it says more about you than it does about me .:(

Cotta

GlynD wrote: »

I was wondering about that.

Very surprising and clumsy at best.

GlynD

Cotta wrote: »

Very surprising and clumsy at best.

Not what I would expect to tell the truth.