bmck
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Yup, as much as we'd all love an online consensus (or, at least a cessation of hostilities!), I doubt that it would even loosely approximate the 'consensus' reached out there in the world. That's not to say that those who rigorously analyse the goings on, as those online do, aren't in the best position to represent. There's a danger in looking at the vanity of the forums and, in a reactionary manner, deify the offline support. Personally I just find the bickering tedious in the same sense that Hollyoaks is.
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IMHO, even if that is the case, it's overestimating the power of the article. If there were an obvious and strong case against Muir nothing contacts/boss could've said would have had any influence to undermine the obvious. But the case isn't obvious, and all the people who are in the know are refusing to say. Until one of them does then we're obliged to try and read as wide and varied opinions as possible and try and work out for ourselves WTF is going on.
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The OP is an incoherent shambles. I remember reading the article by boss on Duffy and it asked some pretty pertinent questions. I'm ignorant of the politics of RM and FF, having never posted on either, but I've rarely read a boss article that wasn't at least thought provoking. I'm not sure what point that OP is trying to make - if any - but whatever it is is lost on me. There are no agenda-less people anywhere - so I'll just read everything critically, as always, regardless of who says it and I should be fine.
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what he actually said: nothing remotely samarasesque.
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Rangers Protests ââ?¬â?? "Donald Muir, the Saviour Within"? - article by Boss
bmck replied to Zappa's topic in Rangers Chat
It's all still quite young though. Factionalism is not always a bad thing - infact, faction (ie: the seperation of power) is enshrined in American and other judicial system. Factionalism makes collective action difficult but it also stays group think and the harsher extremes of the cult of personality. The real problem here is, though, that neither FF or RM or anyone have any real power yet - so rather than factions appearing a mature and necessary management of disagreement they seem disproportionate and petty. The bottom line though is that people are going to disagree, and are congregate with those who think like them. It's perfectly natural. -
The only commentator I can ever remember saying that was Andy Gray about Shevchenco at Chelsea
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I havent been the biggest fan of VB, but this is an impecable project in which they should be very proud - along with everyone who donated. thanks for posting.
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priceless.
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award for best thread title?
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I wonder what Smith can do - he's been out with horrible injuries, has barely regained fitness much less match fitness and probably wont get 3 games in a row while he stays with us. I want Papac back as well, because he's consistent - but I do feel for Smith, and all the other players who are expected to come into the side despite not being match fit and give world beating performances. Hutton didn't get good until necessity gave him a run of a million games.
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Heh, you are just saying that cause you know you there isnt a see you jimmy hat in existence that will fit over my hair and stop me looking like an extra from mars attacks. Still, if it makes positive id from the night before more difficult i am up for it
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Statement From Rangers Supporters in Respect of the Protest
bmck replied to Frankie's topic in Rangers Chat
I think this is a good first step. If the offline support aren't going to be provoked by Walter Smith's comments, they wont be provoked by anyone's, I don't think. -
I think I said somewhere else that the problem is that if you go too quickly you are going to look silly and if you keep waiting for the perfect context you lose the impetus of a reaction to Walter Smith and procrastinate away like Hamlet.
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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
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I think people need to shake the disgust at this being the case. Its the situation itself that makes it hard to know who to protest against. The reason for this is obvious - all the people who may be at fault are the people who we need to tell us. They are all best served in maintaining silence. Murray cant piss off the bank, the bank cant overtly piss off the fans, the directors cant piss off either murray or the bank because they cant anger them. The sentiment that everything-is-fucked has no object. We all know it is the case, and we have people who are in the know saying its the case - but no-one is either willing or in the position to say exactly who is responsible. We cant say "we want this better state of affairs" because no consortium speaks publicly. We havent gt the money to buy the club ourselves. My only hope is that a protest against the wrong person will at least force them to take up a defensive position and spill more information. The only sensible direct protest is against Muir or Johnstone, and for them to tell us exactly what the score is. But "please give us more info" seems a weak basis for a movement.
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The two questions always remain: under whom? towards what?
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Nail on the head for me. I want to protest at something because it's all screwed, but there are no clear objectives because there is no clear solution and no clear obstacles in the path.
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I dunno mate - if she's ever read my diary she'll've seen I've spotted how much she likes the cat's big eyes and have been dilegently trying to perfect them half an hour each day for the last two years. This is the best I've came up with:
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To be fair, if I ever tried to hit Pauline she'd've had my arse kicked and the can caught before it hit the ground.
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That's utterly outrageous mate. And absurd. I never hit Pauline outside, and I only ever hit her with the hand the can is in.
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I dunno. I didn't have any proof or anything. I just thought Government-loves-cameras-Government-thinks-all-kids-are-in-danger-there-will-be-cameras-there. Och well.
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A wee bit suprising given it's also straight across from a primary school. Don't they usually have cameras?
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Excellent points. But this is a bit pessimistic. Give it time. A few more gersnet articles and you'll have a wider readership than half of them
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Someone's been talking... this shant do. :spl:
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We can't have our actions monitored up our way, man, as though we were commoners. How would we explain the urban fox hunting?