I'm not setting any "moral benchmark" for anything at all and i dont for one minute claim to hate James McCarthy, i'm sure hes a nice enough guy.
If this is the case for anyone then whats the point in international football? It should be an honour and something that you should only experience if you are talented/lucky enough to make it for your own country.
He doesent though, he might feel some sort of mock affinity towards Ireland due to his "celtic minded" upbringing but he is Scottish and theres no debating that.
Then as ive said, i've no respect for him in his profession because playing for your country should be an honour, not a right.
You seem to be the one who "gives a fuck" about it, i certainly wont lose any sleep over James McCarthy. I'll abuse him for 90 minutes on saturday and that'l be it until the next time we play them. I couldnt really give a shite what McCarthy chose or chooses to do in the future, but if us giving him stick has even a 1% chance of affecting his game i'll do it.