A sign of The Cross which was a “breach of the peace” in “provoking alarm and crowd trouble”
A european goalie was “cautioned” (given a criminal record), over making the sign of the cross before the start of the second half of a soccer game, which was that thought to be a, “breach of the peace” for “provoking alarm and crowd trouble”. in my opinion (and others), what was orginally a controversy over a religious gesture, has all of a sudden become more of a strategic positioning of words to get out of an embarrasing situation . I have enough of a conspiracy driven paranoia to think this is a case of re-evaluation of a bad move gone worse.
The Crown Office categorically denied suggestions that the action against the Polish international had anything to do with making the sign of the cross – universally accepted as a gesture of religious reverence. It said it was “other gestures” understood to be directed at Rangers fans after his crossing ritual which were seen to be offensive.
The clarification came as politicians across the spectrum feared Scotland would become a laughing stock for seeing the sign of the cross as unacceptable.
Why the secret over the gesture?
“This is not about him crossing himself. It is to do with the following gestures that he made to the crowd. The whole thing has been misconstrued.”
But it said it would not say what the other gestures were because of a “duty of care” to the Celtic player who would not be able to defend the allegation in a court of law.(huh?)
In a statement, the Crown Office said it had been in the “public interest” to take action against Boruc.
Prosecutors had not seen (his) gestures because it was not caught on camera, but they relied on witness statements and footage of the crowd’s response.
In summary, this whole thing centers around, “the low-life Neanderthals who made the complaint after breaking off from their repertoire of anti-Catholic bile and it is an absolute outrage that the police and Crown Office have pandered to their prejudices.”
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