rod mclaughlinScottish parties unable to reach agreement on sectarianism (23 jun 11)
Isn't that, kind of, redundant? How could parties agree to ban disagreement? The best they can achieve is to agree to disagree. There is a name for this solution. It's called 'freedom'. The Irish Catholic tradition and the English Protestant tradition are well represented in Scotland. It's impossible to reach an objective definition of 'sectarian', hence the absurdity of this: "Further controversy erupted on Tuesday after the community safety minister, Roseanna Cunningham, said she could not rule out fans being prosecuted for singing the national anthem or Rule Britannia or making the sing (sic) of the cross if it was intended to be inflammatory. Although Frank Mulholland, the lord advocate and Scotland's chief law officer, clarified these remarks on Wednesday, the controversy highlighted growing anxieties that the new powers, which involve five-year prison terms and unlimited fines, were not properly understood." I think I understand 'five-year prison terms and unlimited fines' pretty well. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jun/23/alex-salmond-anti-sectarianism-bill
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