For the umpteenth year in a row there was media outrage after a vocal section of Celtic fans once again refused to honour the minute's silence of remembrance before their match at Ross County on Sunday.
A club spokesman said it was unacceptable that fans should refuse to conform to the media-led general consensus by expressing their invalid opinion. He said the club would atone for its sins by issuing a public apology and making a sizeable donation towards government efforts to topple the Syrian government using chemical agents, to show its goodwill towards the ongoing British war effort.
The Sun editorial went further, accusing Celtic fans of betraying their Irish republican brethren and calling for their deportation. It said the victims of the Bloody Sunday massacre would have felt honoured to be shot by patriotic British soldiers serving the cause of freedom, and if it weren't for them we'd all be speaking Irish now.
It went on to point out that the poppy symbolises respect for all those who died to prevent the sort of militarised environment in which soldiers lay wreaths for martyrs on football pitches and political symbols are worn on football shirts.
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