alain

Tittle tattle.It's always the same with these threads Rm,are we all not here for the same reason,the good welfare of Rangers fc?get yer heids banged together bears and start coming up with constructive criticism.If not don't enter the thread without it.

The fact that so many people are taking swipes at each other,one group doesnt like another group for bullshite reasons etc,people need to have a look at themselves and focus on the common goal the prosperity of rangers football club and it's defence from attack from our enemy's who seek our annihaltion .It shouldnt be about individual gain or getting a seat on the board or a blazer or bragging rights it should be done for the good of the club,United we stand divided we fall and to be frank recently we've came far far to close to falling than we should have

' It seems to me that you simply don't like some individuals, and use insults like 'bitching' etc to delegitimise them, and to validate your attacks on them.'
Not at all, they bring it upon themselves by constant sidetracking of VB threads.
VB members on here are not going to stand idly by and watch thread after thread be ruined.
Quite why they see the need to derail every thread is beyond me, as if they have some sort of inferiority complex and need to be noticed.
The 'wee man' syndrome if you like.

Much of what you say i disagree with. However there are parts i agree with.
However what i would like to know is what you have done to defend the club or the fans against the campaign that is being waged to close us down.
You might belittle and ridicule VB but in my opinion without our actions (and the actions of other groups) i actually think there wouldn't be a Rangers FC today. And if that sounds too far fetched for you then fine.
And a last point....the SNP are not and never will be friends of Rangers FC. Alex Salmond, Rosanne Cunningham and Nicola Sturgeon have done nothing to help us during our crisis. It was they who brought in the skewed legislation targeting Rangers fans. It was Sturgeon who stood idly by while a major business in her constituency was in serious trouble and did nothing to help. It was Cunningham who openly admitted in an Edinburgh Hotel that the new legislation was designed to protect catholics.
In the grand scheme of things supporting a football club should be about football and nothing else. However the point remains that you chose to support a club knowing full well what it's history was, what its traditions were, what its fanbase believed in.
In my eyes you have no right to try and change all that no matter how much you shout about "moving on"

Yes, each new member has to be vouched for by someone on the board who knows them personally. Being a Rangers fan, or a member of the PUL community is simply not enough.
The site is ran as a tight ship, and intends on staying that way.

None that I know of because all the members have one or more of these at the heart of what they believe.
I am a proud Unionist, Protestant, Royalist and most of all a Rangers fan. I am not an Orangeman but I sympathise with their cause and beliefs.
I am not going to decry any Rangers fan who doesn't believe everything I do but I cannot get my head round fans who believe in none of the above and actively want rid of our heritage and traditions.
VB is more than a football website and this is perhaps the part that others have difficulty in understanding. We get involved in politics, we fight our enemies head on. We defend Rangers at every turn and we believe passionately in the traditions our club is famous for.
If others don't believe in them then fine but don't ridicule or belittle others who do and will defend them to their last breath.
Rangers is and always has been much much more than just a football club.

Couldn't agree more . If people put half as much effort into defending our club as they do questioning, of all people, VB's motives, we would all be a lot better off.
You don't like VB and the way they operate? Ok fine, how about you go and do something constructive with your time rather than spouting utter shite about a group of supporters who are just trying to defend our club.

It's elitism if you are outside looking in perhaps, but no, that's not the case. What is important is something called trust. You have read some of what is done, and you have of course seen the articles. Watching a new member simply isn't on, as privacy and trust (again) is paramount. Rather than leaks right left and centre that could let things out of the bag before time
It's also not just a website, people know each other, and the relationships aren't reserved to online

Good post mate, I enjoyed reading that
The VB are fantastic and I can't praise them enough unlike other so called fans who do nothing but criticise and do fuck all to defend our club