Off Topic Pointless point-scoring thread
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Somers, apparently, made a masonic remark yesterday ("patience, always patience" or something)
Saw a few comments from "brothers" that uttering that in the presence of non-brothers is against their code or something.
Saw a few comments from "brothers" that uttering that in the presence of non-brothers is against their code or something.
Aye Bill right enough, the Media should have given this ****ing flea Circus due respect and lied about what had actually taken place.
Yet you still spend your life looking for the latest news about it.
You could not make this up:-
What a year 2014 has been.
Those who support the Union have been to some very dark places, as have those who follow the famous Glasgow Rangers. Only the dumbest and the most duplicitous among us would deny that the fortunes of both are inextricably entwined and that an attack on one is an attack on the other.
Yes, there are Unionists who blissfully live their lives unconcerned with the fortunes of Scotland’s biggest team – or indeed, football itself – but increasingly the game is being polarised to the extent that supporters of all the other teams are becoming more and more separatist-minded. Going by the virulent singing of “Flower of Scotland” from fans of virtually every opponent Rangers play, this would seem to be the case.
That polarisation has affected the Rangers fan-base too, with a sizeable minority of people claiming to support Rangers who are hostile to the Union or at least ambivalent towards it. How they square this with the pro-Union culture of the club and the very vocal loyalist majority of fans is still a great puzzle to me.
Like Celtic and some other clubs, Rangers stands for something beyond football. This includes Protestantism, albeit a more cultural Protestantism than a faith-based one, the Throne and the Nation i.e. the United Kingdom. As one famous admirer put it, Rangers are “the quintessential British club.”
The misfortunes that have befallen RFC in recent years cannot be understood outwith the context of a massive attack from various fronts on Unionism and the Union itself. This attack on the Union is also a front, the real target being the monarchy, as well as an attempt to snuff out any vestiges of Protestantism left in this country. It is, therefore, no accident that an institution which has traditionally embodied these things and which provides a constituency for hundreds of thousands of people who adhere to them, finds itself the target of those who abhor such things.
Throw into the melting pot of Scottish Republicanism, Irish Republicanism, bigotry, anti-British prejudice and racial hatred of the English a potent dash of aggressive secularisation and you have a deadly concoction of poison which many are lapping up.
In 21st century Scotland many are full of self-loathing, despising the Protestant faith upon which so many of our present liberties have been founded along with the history of hundreds of years – wishing to go back to a Brigadoon fantasy land of Mel Gibson and the swirl of the pipes and the twirl of the sporran. A history where no “English marauder” dare defile our precious Scottish soil.
Yes, such nonsense exists and yes, educated people believe it. The sad tale of the indyref campaign shows us that the so-called Scotland of many cultures is a land infested with racial hate and intolerance. We have, like the Irish before us, been taught well to despise ourselves and self-identify as the downtrodden, the persecuted and the colonised.
Westminster as bogey man has served the separatists well. In times past, free-thinking Scots would have seen the bumbling incompetence of Westminster governance as an opportunity to display true leadership as only Scots can. It would have been an encouragement to get involved more in the system and exercise dominion, rather than retreat to a grievance-based politics where spite, envy and whining have replaced honest arguments and debate.
The attack on the Union and the values we hold dear shows no sign of abating. The haters are in a strong position but we have hardly begun to fight back. When we do, we must not take the path of hate that our enemies do.
One of the biggest mistakes we all make is narrowing the choice between the status quo or separatism. This helps our enemies to continually spear us on the faults and failings of the way things are.
No, the way forward for the Union is to radically change it. Not by heeding the siren calls for “devolution” and federalism but by reminding ourselves of the very point of the Union, which is to make us ONE NATION and ONE KINGDOM in the land. When you get right down to it, we have hardly started to implement this Union in the British Isles.
There is a far better alternative to that being offered by the politicians and the social engineers. I hope to blog about it in coming weeks and months but till then you can read about it here.
Make no mistake – a seriously weakened Rangers or no Rangers at all suits those who have a deep hatred of our British Monarchy and the Union. And they have and are using tactics of divide and conquer to prevent the massive Rangers support from standing united at this critical time.
The answer is simple:
Rally round The Rangers. Maintain the Union.
A very Happy New Year to all my readers and blessings to friend and foe.
God save The Queen.
What a year 2014 has been.
Those who support the Union have been to some very dark places, as have those who follow the famous Glasgow Rangers. Only the dumbest and the most duplicitous among us would deny that the fortunes of both are inextricably entwined and that an attack on one is an attack on the other.
Yes, there are Unionists who blissfully live their lives unconcerned with the fortunes of Scotland’s biggest team – or indeed, football itself – but increasingly the game is being polarised to the extent that supporters of all the other teams are becoming more and more separatist-minded. Going by the virulent singing of “Flower of Scotland” from fans of virtually every opponent Rangers play, this would seem to be the case.
That polarisation has affected the Rangers fan-base too, with a sizeable minority of people claiming to support Rangers who are hostile to the Union or at least ambivalent towards it. How they square this with the pro-Union culture of the club and the very vocal loyalist majority of fans is still a great puzzle to me.
Like Celtic and some other clubs, Rangers stands for something beyond football. This includes Protestantism, albeit a more cultural Protestantism than a faith-based one, the Throne and the Nation i.e. the United Kingdom. As one famous admirer put it, Rangers are “the quintessential British club.”
The misfortunes that have befallen RFC in recent years cannot be understood outwith the context of a massive attack from various fronts on Unionism and the Union itself. This attack on the Union is also a front, the real target being the monarchy, as well as an attempt to snuff out any vestiges of Protestantism left in this country. It is, therefore, no accident that an institution which has traditionally embodied these things and which provides a constituency for hundreds of thousands of people who adhere to them, finds itself the target of those who abhor such things.
Throw into the melting pot of Scottish Republicanism, Irish Republicanism, bigotry, anti-British prejudice and racial hatred of the English a potent dash of aggressive secularisation and you have a deadly concoction of poison which many are lapping up.
In 21st century Scotland many are full of self-loathing, despising the Protestant faith upon which so many of our present liberties have been founded along with the history of hundreds of years – wishing to go back to a Brigadoon fantasy land of Mel Gibson and the swirl of the pipes and the twirl of the sporran. A history where no “English marauder” dare defile our precious Scottish soil.
Yes, such nonsense exists and yes, educated people believe it. The sad tale of the indyref campaign shows us that the so-called Scotland of many cultures is a land infested with racial hate and intolerance. We have, like the Irish before us, been taught well to despise ourselves and self-identify as the downtrodden, the persecuted and the colonised.
Westminster as bogey man has served the separatists well. In times past, free-thinking Scots would have seen the bumbling incompetence of Westminster governance as an opportunity to display true leadership as only Scots can. It would have been an encouragement to get involved more in the system and exercise dominion, rather than retreat to a grievance-based politics where spite, envy and whining have replaced honest arguments and debate.
The attack on the Union and the values we hold dear shows no sign of abating. The haters are in a strong position but we have hardly begun to fight back. When we do, we must not take the path of hate that our enemies do.
One of the biggest mistakes we all make is narrowing the choice between the status quo or separatism. This helps our enemies to continually spear us on the faults and failings of the way things are.
No, the way forward for the Union is to radically change it. Not by heeding the siren calls for “devolution” and federalism but by reminding ourselves of the very point of the Union, which is to make us ONE NATION and ONE KINGDOM in the land. When you get right down to it, we have hardly started to implement this Union in the British Isles.
There is a far better alternative to that being offered by the politicians and the social engineers. I hope to blog about it in coming weeks and months but till then you can read about it here.
Make no mistake – a seriously weakened Rangers or no Rangers at all suits those who have a deep hatred of our British Monarchy and the Union. And they have and are using tactics of divide and conquer to prevent the massive Rangers support from standing united at this critical time.
The answer is simple:
Rally round The Rangers. Maintain the Union.
A very Happy New Year to all my readers and blessings to friend and foe.
God save The Queen.
The bloke's a simpleton who has utterly failed to grasp that the world, not just Scotland and Britain, has changed dramatically over the past 20 years or so. Britain as a country is finished. It's been finished for a long time. It exists as a misguided concept on which to hang bigotry, naked racism, false nationalism and a way of appeasing the stupid like him while the rich and powerful grow ever more rich and powerful.
It's the reason why the No side "won" the referendum yet still feel like they lost.
It's the reason why the No side "won" the referendum yet still feel like they lost.
That's exactly what I thought when I read it. He seems to think we live in a bygone (if it ever existed) utopian age where wandering peasant bands of itinerant Paddy yokels would doff their caps or knuckle their foreheads at the sight of a Magistrate.
Him and his band of dull-minded followers live in a fantasy world where everyone is out to get them, and what better way of undermining what they stand for than to destroy the Football team they happen to support. Anyone who takes football this seriously needs therapy.
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The comments are brilliant:
http://wingsoverscotland.com/the-neerday-game/
That must be the most desperate piece of guff I've ever started reading.
I might start posting my status updates on the guardian website. Why? **** knows.
Be it true that HMRC have issued a seven day notice to ra Huns for non payment of national insurance?
Edit: Yep, turns out to be true.
Rangers' latest crisis loan was taken to avoid being wound up by HM Revenue and Customs, BBC Scotland has learned.
It is understood the Scottish Championship club received a seven-day notice letter at the end of December for the payment of national insurance.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30678270
Edit: Yep, turns out to be true.
Rangers' latest crisis loan was taken to avoid being wound up by HM Revenue and Customs, BBC Scotland has learned.
It is understood the Scottish Championship club received a seven-day notice letter at the end of December for the payment of national insurance.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30678270
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