the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 As it's Sunday: "God grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference." that's a prayer. let's look to the word if god for inspiration. Matthew 19:26 New International Version (NIV) 26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF2008 0 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Indeed. And let's start recognising the differences between punishments and consequences. I think the main problem is that technically (at least in the eyes of the SFA & SPL boards) we haven't received any sanctions yet beyond a 10pt deduction. The rest - demotion to div3, players lost in transit, loss of European spot with 3 year exile - is just being put down to a matter of consequence. The motivations / justifications of those who refused our SPL share transfer were based on a loose definition of 'sporting integrity'. To some it was because we HAD to be punished. To others it was because they couldn't get there heads round our newco situation, insisting we were a new club and had to be treated as such. The same applied to the SFL vote, although I'd say there was a majority leaning more towards the 'new club' opinion in that vote. So where does that leave us? The SFA are basically insisting that in order for our membership to be transferred from the oldco to the newco and in turn sustaining the 'history' attached to the membership, that we can't be treated as a new club and avoid the punishment they wanted to impose on the oldco. That would be fair enough (illegality of the proposed player registration embargo aside) if it wasn't for the fact that our wrongful treatment as a 'new club' by the SPL & SFA has already had the consequence of our demotion to Div3. To argue against that would be to admit that it's a punishment. The reality is that it's a bit of both. We've been punished AND wrongly treated as a new club and are being expected to accept this as a mere consequence of our own actions. So with that in mind, we're stuck in our present stand off over what essentially CAN be concluded as being further punishment. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 As it's Sunday: "God grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference." Excuse me, is that not the mantra for AA? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Excuse me, is that not the mantra for AA? No they have a vauxhall\Opel Mantra. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 No they have a vauxhall\Opel Mantra. What's god got to do with drinking and driving?? lol 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 What's god got to do with drinking and driving?? lol You have not seen my wife drive! When I drink she drives and I think, God I hope I get home safe. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Moon 1,280 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 I think the longer term fallout of all of this will be the rehabilitation of the Rangers support. We have taken some beating over this. It has already made us introspective and ask "why do so many people hate us and what do we need to do to change that?". For everyone else it will be dealing with our negative feelings and actions as we aim to punish those who have slighted us. Speaking for myself, I have been angry since February, and that is going to take a long time to go away. I feel disenfranchised for the first time in my life. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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