TheWee BlueDevil 0 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Stifling debate on offensive Old Firm chants only encourages bigots Daniel Taylor It’s different, though, with Rangers, trying to navigate a way through the fog of bigotry that still pollutes the club and the realisation, even in February 2015, that anyone who has a go will quickly find the hate mob unleashed on them. http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/feb/21/debate-old-firm-rangers-celtic Why don't we just STOP giving them excuses to belittle and demean us?? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca72 440 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Agreed, but who reads that rhag anyway? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,245 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 This man is getting way too many headlines now. He's delusional, and obsessed. EDIT : Actually got more to say on this. Given Gazza's state of mind for the past god knows how long, and that he's finally on the road to recovery and getting his life back on track, this is an absolutely terrible attack on him. I know its brought on through his Rangers links... why the hell else... but SC really needs to get a grip and watch what he is saying. Don't look for brains where there are none ... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMc 2,471 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Agreed, but who reads that rhag anyway? I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not. Either way the Guardian is the second most read news site in the UK, only the BBC site attracts more visits. Combined circulation between the website and the printed edition is now over 8.5 million visits every month. It's widely recognised as the most influential independent news site in Europe now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg_Mcnoleg 50 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 L Stifling debate on offensive Old Firm chants only encourages bigots Daniel Taylor It’s different, though, with Rangers, trying to navigate a way through the fog of bigotry that still pollutes the club and the realisation, even in February 2015, that anyone who has a go will quickly find the hate mob unleashed on them. http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/feb/21/debate-old-firm-rangers-celtic Just read that piece. It's hard to escape the feeling of being a bit stitched up. Unquestionably Taylor (and probably Collymore) have little understanding of the context or the way that the anti-sectarian movement has essentially been a 'bash the hun' movement. But we could always try to stop making it so easy for them: if we're managing to make Celtic fans look like the good guys then we need to take a bit of look at ourselves. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,245 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 "he will have known that every wannabe Begbie on the internet would be on his case. Collymore was told very clearly his campaign wasn’t welcome. There were threats of violence and other messages to his Twitter account that made it clear their first reaction was to attack, like zombies." Nothing more needs to be highlighted here. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMc 2,471 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Nothing more needs to be highlighted here. Unfortunately dB it does. Collymore's a clown, but it's that section of our own support who continue to provide clowns with ammunition and who react with such hostility whenever someone criticises us that we should be focusing on. Whatever we might think of the laws surrounding the 'Billy Boys' and 'Why Don't You Go Home' it doesn't change the fact that singing them get's the club into bother and allows our organised enemies to make hay. We should save our ire for the dickheads who insist on singing the songs. We've enough to be concerning ourselves with just now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,245 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Unfortunately dB it does. Collymore's a clown, but it's that section of our own support who continue to provide clowns with ammunition and who react with such hostility whenever someone criticises us that we should be focusing on. Whatever we might think of the laws surrounding the 'Billy Boys' and 'Why Don't You Go Home' it doesn't change the fact that singing them get's the club into bother and allows our organised enemies to make hay. We should save our ire for the dickheads who insist on singing the songs. We've enough to be concerning ourselves with just now. Oh, that was just a remark of mine with regards to where Mr. Taylor is whistling from. There is essentially no debate about TBB and FTP required. Both need to be kicked out and likewise the people being stupid enough singing it. That said, the authorities will have to admit that all clubs have neds who go beyond the pale to do what they deem is their right ...or who are simply stupid enough to simply defy certain orders and rules because "they can". There is only so much a club can do here. On the same note, one rule for all, not just one club and its support. Edited February 22, 2015 by der Berliner 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,413 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Gazza on BT sport 1 now,he is on top form. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,413 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Pedro gives us his views on Stan Collybore 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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