Picked up my Daily Record this morning and read the article where Paul McBride QC asks why the Police have yet to arrest anyone who is making online threats against Neil Lennon, in particular, the sort of cretinous bigots who have set up websites dedicated to launching campaigns of intimidation and calls for lennon to be hanged, shot etc. I happened also to read an article on the Online Editor of the Daily Record who admitted he had to put a full time staff member onto the DR feedback pages to edit out some of the poison. I then looked at the comments posted in relation to the Paul McBride article (see below) and I then realised what the Editor meant. Unfortunately there seem to be very few comments from Gers fans condemning the threats against Lennon, instead we have pages and pages of whataboutery, hate, and deflection. Typical comments usually begin with "It's terrible.......but he brings it on himself". There are NO buts about this at all, these threats (very real ones) should be taken seriously and acted upon with the full force of the law and anyone with an ounce of common decency or compassion should be outraged at the treatment Neil lennon is receiving, whether you like Neil Lennon or not, NO ONE deserves what he is going through and I hope I see the day when arrests are made and the bigots face the full gale of the publicity they deserve. I know there are lots of decent Rangers supporters who are disgusted about the treatment he is receiving but unfortunately at the moment it just seems that very few of them are willing or able to speak out but now the truth is out i'm hopeful that the vast majority of Gers fans will now get on board and condemn the threats and then hopefully the decent football fans can speak with one voice and root out this poison in Scottish football. Don't go down the route of the imbeciles as evidenced below. This is all a smoke screen, when Rangers win 3 in a row, Lennon is not given the managers job, he resigns saying the saftey of my family comes first, what a plan dont you think. -------------------------------------------- think lennon has to take a good look at how he conducts himself. there is also no need for the amount of abuse he gets. i dont want my money going towards paying for another ejjit who cant conduct himself at his work properly! ------------------------------------ McBride said: "I am concerned people will somehow seek to justify the abuse he gets because occasionally he may have offended some Rangers fan, or have done something on the touchline. Rangers should question this comment. Well Mr McBride, I am concerned at the need to keep directing this issue towards those associated with Rangers Football Club! Why mention just Rangers? What's the agenda?? A think tank rightfully want to stop incitement but he in his legal position appears to single out Rangers fans only in his comments! Hopefully the police get to the bottom of this and find out who the perpetrators are because this unhealthy backbiting towards Rangers fans is not fair and we should all be looking to defuse the situation. ------------------------------------ right here is a challenge, why doesnt Lemmon try and behave himself in a proffesional manner "after his ban of course for being a thug" and see if he is abused then. When are you lot gonna open your eyes and see that its nothing to do with his his team or teams performance its directed at him and his lack of discipline. Why dont we hear him anymore slagging off refs, well its obvious that when they are winning you hear no complaints but he still cant control himself when Ally tells him to leave his guys alone. Sad little man and should not be using tax payers money to protect him, would be cheaper to give him a one way ticket to England or Ireland. ------------------------------------------ So we have a problem with the OF fixture boiling over. The problem was there when Celtic fans were throwing missiles onto the pitch. The problem was there when Celtic fans were invading the pitch to attack players and officials. The problem was there when the Celtic fans were singing about Nacho Novo dying in his sleep with a bullet from the IRA. When Nacho's address was being posted on the web by Celtic fans. The problem was there when Celtic fans were threatening referees and their families and again posting their addresses online. But - hey - Celtic have won a few of the recent OF games and all of a sudden they're all angels; and the whole problem lies with those nasty Rangers fans. And that's the Lawwell and McBride brokered solution to the problem.... Blame Rangers. Yes - don't anybody look to their own responsibility - just find a way of blaming the other side. That's really clever. ------------------------------------------- Who exactly is this Top Lawyer Paul McBride and why has he been so recently associated with the odious little reptile Lennon? Could he have a closer affinity to Celtic F.C. than being a paid hireling of Lennon? Would I be completely wrong in thinking he is not collecting his going rate as a Q.C. for time spent on uttering his ramblings to the Media? ----------------------------- Asked if he believed Lennon's treatment was down to his attitude on and off the pitch, McBride said: "I am concerned people will somehow seek to justify the abuse he gets because occasionally he may have offended some Rangers fan, or have done something on the touchline. "I have represented some of the vilest murderers in the country, people who have been convicted of the murder and rape of children, and they are not treated the way Neil Lennon is." Well done Mr Mcbride qc, unfortunately the fact that you have "represented some of the vilest murderers in the country, people who have been convicted of the murder and rape of children" says a lot about you. You know these people are vile etc, however for pure greed you will represent them. Integrity??????
It's obvious that the same people who frequent places like Follow Follow and Vanguards trawl the papers and other sites posting the same bile. They tone it down or turn it up depending on what they thnk they can get away with. The most evident thing from just about all of them is that they blame Celtic and everything related with Celtic for all the problems. They take no responsibility for their own actions. They spout hatred and then in the next sentence say "but I'm not a bigot". They cite Kafflick schools as being the source of all bigotry but when you ask why there's so much bigotry among the Rangers support when they didn't attend such schools they abuse you or ignore the question. They claim the reason Lennon gets threats is because of the way he acts but when you ask why do McGinn and McCourt get threatened despite never doing anything to antagonise Rangers fans they abuse you or ignore the question. They claim that they are being victimised simply because they are Rangers supporters and should be allowed to sing and chant whatever they want. Freedom of speech they claim. Yet they are quick to take offence at bigoted songs sung by Celtic fans. It's about time these fans were dragged out of the 17th century and into the 21st where casual bigotry and racism aren't acceptable any longer.
He is not representing Celtic as a QC more of a solicitor role, so why do the papers always use his QC title?
Because QC means "Queen's Counsel", it's similar to an honour like OBE, MBE etc, therefore it is common practice to use the title when speaking of someone, same as Findlay who is normally referred to as Donald Findlay QC.
Sadly I think you may be correct. It is interesting to note that Girvan and Mennie have yet to condemn the threats.
Of course I condemn it, what sort of sick **** do you think I am? Its only a game of football at the end of the day, not a war
Ask most like minded Rangers fans the same question and most of them will probably say the same Every club has sick bitter and bigoted fans, That bring the decent ones down
Most Gers fans would not condone what Lennon has had to endure, nobody should be objected to this. Moronic element in both supports Lennon however is becoming a hate figure by the fans of many clubs due to his antics and he could make liife easier for himself. Passion is one thing but the aggresion he openly shows on the touch line will help neither him or Celtic long term.
What a load of ****e. The only people who view him as a hate figure are the element among the Rangers support who frequent websites such as FF. They cannot justify their hatred for him by using logic so they make up lies about him being a bigot and a racist just to validate their comments. The only people who "hate" Neil Lennon are bigots.
You know that's a load of ****e. He spat on a Celtic fan. Do you think if he'd been white the Celtic fans whould have gone "yeah he spat on one of ours but we'll forget about it because he's white." Do me a favour you thick ****.
Despite Diouf’s horrendous back catalogue of: Spitting Cheating Playing the Race cad Racism Mocking injured players He remains free of threats against his life (including Bomb Hoaxes and bullets in the post), Graffiti daubed outside his and his family’s homes, being assaulted in the street (Twice) including being knocked unconscious on one occasion. When these things happen to Diouf then you may have a point, until all that happens you are just rattling your gums like the other idiots who are trying to justify the treatment Neil Lennon is receiving. ****ing idiot that you are.
