First Minister Jack McConnell vowed his office would clamp down on fans singing such songs, on those deciding to display sectarian items and those who sell them.
That all seems perfectly fair to me and pretty straightforward as well. I for one support any initiative that will help eradicate a problem that blights Scottish society and not just football.
So, as the battle against sectarianism is stepped up in Scottish football grounds there are still some questions that need addressing. Much was made of the police action at Tynecastle on Sunday when Hearts fans were removed from their own ground as they attempted to taunt Celtic supporters with an idiotic banner.
I suppose when your team is being embarrassingly outclassed on the pitch it must be difficult to try and mock your opponents about football related matters.
There were flags removed from our section of the ground and that appears to have opened up a can of worms too, as to what the police deem to be offensive and inappropriate.
Among the items confiscated from our end of Tynecastle were Palestinian flags and Irish tricolours. Now, just who could find these flags offensive is unclear.
In the case of the Palestinian flag there is no problem with the actual flag. However, it has nothing to do with our club, and the people who actually bring the flag to matches probably know little or nothing about the situation in that part of the world.
This is a football website and it is not my place to suggest what people should do if they genuinely support the Palestinian cause, but I would like to point out that this situation does nothing more than trivialize what is a very serious matter. If people want to show support for Palestine there are other more constructive ways of doing it.
If I want to write about politics or discuss politics I will do so in the right place. Celtic is a football club and football has nothing to do with politics no matter what the ignorant element among our support would like to believe.
The circumstances with the tricolour is somewhat different though as Celtic are forever proudly linked with the flag of Ireland by our existence as a football club. It needs no more explaining, as anyone reading this will know the history of our club. Therefore, anyone who has a problem with the Irish tricolour is the real problem.
To take offence at the flag of Ireland is to admit to being a bigot. And that reminds me of the classic quote attributed to a Hearts steward in one of Monday's tabloids. Describing the mood among some of the Gorgie 'faithful' he said: "There was a bad feeling around the place and one Hearts supporter walked out after 10 minutes in protest at the pro-IRA songs which were coming from the Celtic end of the ground."
Aye right! This would be the Jambo from Jupiter then. I'm sure the individual in question would not have been so keen to depart had Celtic not been 2-0 ahead at the time.
Still, what Sunday's trip to Auld Reekie did highlight - apart from the fickleness of the home support - is that there is a bigoted element beyond the Old Firm. What a shocker!
That is of course assuming that Rangers still have extremists among their fans. Because it seems that the tabloids have picked up the baton on the sectarian issue, and are keen to highlight the sectarian songs being sung at games.
At least they were, in the match report from Tynecastle. Since I wasn't at Legoland for the second-best team in Glasgow's match with Motherwell, I can only assume there was no sectarian songs to report from that venue. Otherwise it would have been mentioned, right?
However, I did see enough of the Hibs and Rangers match on the telly on Thursday night to hear plenty of sectarian singing from both sets of fans. Particularly the visiting section though, who were at it well before kick-off.
What a surprise, eh? Still, I'm sure it will all be included in the match reports in the chip wrappers. After all, our press have taken an interest in sectarianism now!
Apart from the regulars at Legoland we can now count on the lads from Anderson Quay exposing the likes of Dundee, Motherwell, Hearts, Hibs, Falkirk, Airdrie, Kilmarnock, Raith Rovers and Aberdeen – where I was insulted in less-than-ecclesiastical terms a couple of seasons ago – when they step out of line. Let’s hope so.
To be fair to the chip wrappers they did expose the Huns when they caused trouble at Pittodrie earlier this year. Well, ahem ... sort of. What they attempted to sugest was it was actually Chelsea and Tottenham casuals who caused that trouble. Why they would travel from London to Aberdeen for a fight, when they were actually playing each other three days later at White Hart Lane was never fully explained.
As I said before sectarianism is imbedded in Scottish society.