Raman Bhardwaj ‏@STVRaman I've decided to come off twitter whilst a serious threat I received is investigated by police. Not surprising after he posted this last night Raman Bhardwaj ‏@STVRaman Rangers fans - and only Rangers fans on my timeline - are so quick to defend John Terry. Jeez. I wonder why. Collapse Reply Retweet Favorite
Is it because of what Terry said about the trophys? <fair&square> Some folk need to get a ****ing grip. It's a pass time, a ****ing game.
I wish I could remember where I read it. It was to do with winning fair and square on the field regardless of the mismanagement/finanical irregularities happening off the field...or something like that.
[h=1]Scotland Today[/h]September 25, 2012 · by billmcmurdo · in Uncategorized Two things highlighted by this blog stand out from the row over Raman Bhardwaj’s tweets about Rangers fans and John Terry. Firstly, the much ado about nothing culture we live in can be clearly seen in the story. This is the easily offended, thin-skinned world of Scotland 2012 where to be offended by something makes you the victim of a crime. Big Raman’s tweets were innocuous and could have been construed in a number of ways. Some Rangers fans, however, saw in them a possible dig that they were racist. Cue the ensuing uproar. Now Bhardwaj has come forward and said he has had to come off Twitter after receiving a serious threat. This has been met with a great deal of cynicism by Rangers fans who feel that the STV presenter has played the victim card to get out of a foolish error of judgment on his part. In the grand scheme of things, much ado about very little. The second thing the story teaches us is that Rangers fans are learning fast how to drive the offended bus – and doing a great job of it. In the past, most Gers fans would have shrugged off incidents like the Raman Twitter episode as not deserving of a response. Now, it’s a whole new world. People like George Galloway, Alex Thomson, Dick King and now, Big Raman, are learning that Rangers fans do being offended very well. (I don’t think they are concerned about “Offence”, I suspect they are more concerned with the threats made by the offended.) Some bluenoses still think it beneath their dignity to whine about the jibes thrown their way.But being John Wayne imperious has gotten them nowhere in what is very clearly a propaganda war with those who hate Rangers FC. (Here we go again with the suggestion that Rangers fans have NEVER complained about anything. I suppose they never hired a lipreader before?) Rangers fans are learning how the game is played in the sneaky, whiny culture that is 21st century Scotland. And they are learning how to take offence on the offensive. Let me just say that any threat of violence towards people is deplorable, regardless of who makes the threat. Some Rangers fans believe that the threat towards Raman Bhardwaj is a hoax, designed to reflect badly on the Gers. In other words, it may have come from fans of a rival club. If what I am informed is true concerning Big Raman’s footballing allegiance, it would increase the odds on it being from a rival club’s fans. (So it is Celtic fans who threatened him? Doubtless you are still of the opinion that it was a Celtic fan who threatened Neil Lennon last year too?) But that is for the police to investigate. I am sure Raman Bhardwaj will survive this sorry little episode. And only good can come of it if people learn the lesson from it: Think before you type or speak when referring to Rangers FC and its fans. (In other words any criticism of Rangers may be met with threats of violence, and there was me thinking you deplored threats you ****ing hypocrite? You are basically saying hell mend him.) Posted this today already But I thought it worth a re-post on this thread too.
It's amazing how you find the time to analyse and interpret large statements yet can't even answer simple questions. Amazing its a gift.
