fo·rum (fôrm, fr-) n. pl. fo·rums also fo·ra (fôr, fr) 1. a. The public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city that was the assembly place for judicial activity and public business. b. A public meeting place for open discussion. c. A medium for open discussion or voicing of ideas, such as a newspaper, a radio or television program, or a website. 2. A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion usually among experts and often including audience participation. 3. A court of law; a tribunal. [Middle English, from Latin; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.]
First things first, before anybody bleats and whines about this being in the Bears Den it is relevant in here as it is about the Rangers support in general and posters on here (and other forums). I'm fully aware I'm not exactly the most popular guy on here and this post will no doubt further cement that but theres a few things that are really starting to get on my tits with regards to the supporters of OUR club. So without much further ado lets begin. Supporters Groups Where do you guys get off? Whilst I think most of them have their hearts in the right place is there really any need for 6 different supporters groups all wanting their five minutes of fame? Sons of Struth, VB, RST, RSA (X2), UB all make points occasionally that I'm sure most of us will all agree on. Some might not like the leadership of certain groups or the past actions of others but c'mon to fuck guys. Heres a novel idea. Instead of working away in loads of wee groups that the majority (and I do mean the majority) of Rangers fans couldn't give a flying fuck about. You are all pretty much irrelevant to most fans. We see statement after statement with your names attached but theres never any action from any of you. I'd love to see an exhaustive list of achievments of these groups. Do us all a favour. You say you want to help push our club forward and get back to our rightful place at the top table of football? Then put your petty fucking egos aside and work together. No doubt someone will come along and blame it all on Dingwall. I'm far from a fan of Dingwall but there are others in our support who are just as divisive. We are Rangers fans. At the end of the day I don't give a fuck about anyones politics, religions or sexual orientation. If they are a bluenose then thats good enough for me. I dont give a flying fuck if you met some no mark Norther Irish Politician for a chat on parades or if you went to great bother to organise a lovely wee publicity stunt that saw your members regularly appear on TV (invariably with nothing more than soundbites which change fuck all) Rangers isn't your wee plaything. She belongs to all of us. and our Fathers, and our Grandfathers. Stop speaking for your 200 members and work together to speak for the majority. Then and only then can we truly affect change at Ibrox. Harrassment of other Fans I've only posted hee for about 18 months but in that time I've seen some fantastic posters be forced off the board. Some that I agree with, some that I wouldn't agree with if they told me the time of day, but bluenoses nonetheless. Nobodies opinion is worth more than anyone else. This used to be a pretty decent forum where you could get a decent chat with bears from all walks of lfe and all corners of the globe. Now? Now its turned into a horrific little network of trolls, liars, fantasists and bullies. There are plenty guys on here I regularly disagree with on here (eh 1st_Jan_1994) but never should it descend into personal attacks on posters or in one instance their wifes religious beliefs. I have nothing against anyone telling me I'm wrong and showing me why, Thats the whole point of a forum but when it gets to the point where some posters only real contribution to the board is one word posts calling others 'prick' or 'cunt' or 'fenian' it gets to the point where you wonder why you even bother. If you dont agree with someone debate the point with them dont disregard their opinion and start throwing petty insults around like some fucking 8 year old. Christ, I've even had one poster on here (Resting in my account) bring up an incident from when I was 15/16 (I'm 27 in a few weeks) in an attempt to humiliate me. Sadly it didnt go well for him as after I finally remembered the mildly amusing episode from my school days I went on to share several other highly embarrasing episodes from a similar time. The very fact someone felt the need to bring up something as innocuous as me wearing a snorkel at school for a laugh (and getting plenty I might add)shows me just how highly some of the Rangers support thinks of their 'brethren'. Child Abuse Can we just fucking drop this. To make light of child rape in the manner a sizable section of our support do frankly sickens me to the pit of my stomach. Quick hypothetical question to all the parents here. Your child gets raped. Would you be quite happy for people to use it as a point scoring exercise on a FOTTBALL forum or twitter/facebook? What about having 50,000 singing a song essentially mocking the rape of YOUR child? Not like the sound of that? No? Didn't really think so. Its utterly fucking disgusting. Time for another wee story here. One of my closest friends was sexually abused by his/her mothers partner as a child (He's a bear by the way) and this is something that still affects their life to this very minute (25 years after the abuse stopped). If you feel THAT strongly about the cover up that apparently took place at Celtic then make a complaint to the cops. Dont fucking crow about it on twitter like some kind of moral fucking arbiter. You're just a cunt who uses the sexual exploitation of children as a punchline. Just for reference, some of the other groups currently being/previously investigated for cover up of the abuse of children The Royal Air Force The Boys Brigade The Church of England ITV I've never seen a single post on here by any of you pricks who are so opposed to it you need to mention it every third post. But its nothing to do with point scoring. Its almost as if you are obsessed with the thought of child abuse you sick creepy bastards. I truly hope those who I speak about (and you'll know who you are) never have kids ever as I don't know if someone whos thoughts on football instantly turn to child abuse is the kind of person who should EVER be left alone with kids. Boardroom Stuff This one will be short and sweet. Almost none of us have a fucking clue what is going on. Shut the fuck up and stop pretending like you do. If you actually do know what is going on in the boardroom then heres a novel idea. Give us the fucking truth. No soundbites. no teases. no smoke and mirrors. Give us the facts. Who knows, it might even keep you in a job come the end of October. So, no doubt I've probably pissed most of you off now (I actually planned to make this a LOT longer but decided to stop wasting my time on folk who probably struggle to spell their own name so I'll wrap it up here with a slightly more positive note. I may get the old ban hammer for this. If so, Its been fun. If not, then I'll happily back up any of the points I've made above.
Ha ha ha spoken like a true moron.....so "standing up to intimidation" amounts to getting into a mass brawl at queen street station in front of kids, families and more importantly cameras....yeah great idea genius! Use your head and read my full posts on this thread.
46million Xbox live subscribers... 78million units sold. You do the math... Peoples complaints are not solely based around having no access to the internet.. a lot of people just don't want to connect their consoles to the internet. They just want to be able to stick a game disc in and play, not faff around with live accounts and so on.. Sony haven't lied about anything, they are just extremely good at playing the PR game. They didn't say no DRM.. They said the following "the PS4 won't impose any new restrictions". Sure, they have no control over 3rd party publishers, but the reality is their console and their 1st party games will not enforce anything that isn't already on the PS3. Thus, no lies... just clever marketing. Dress it up any way you want.. but £80 less is still £80 cheaper. You're forced into buying Kinect because regardless of whether you want it or not, you need it for the console to work.. You don't need the PS Eye for the PS4 to work! So your comparison is null and void.. Free games.. Oh wait, you mean like PS+ has been doing for well over a year now?
I'm seated in GR1, and I drink in Victoria's in Partick. I don't want these songs at the games. Feel free to drop by for a chat as to why you're wrong, if you can get out from behind your keyboard.
If you want the right to sing derogatory things about the pope, you'll need to lobby politicians to change the (absurd) law, and lobby UEFA to permit TBB etc. Until you are successful, please put Rangers first. I don't want to see anyone arrested or banned, but it's (unfortunately) inevitable if you sing certain songs.
I want to know, from any of you, why singing songs about Catholics or the pope has to be done at the match? If you feel as strongly about the subject as you say, why not have a march, walk or organise some sort of demo away from the football? It would have a much bigger impact. Can someone just tell me that please. Why it's important to do that kind of singing at the match. And because Celtic, hibs or whoever do it as well is not a valid reason.
I've never been offended by any songs or chants, but when it's patently obvious that certain songs/chants have been deemed to be legally offensive, why the fuck can't certain sections of our support not see that at some point they will be targeted by the polis for uttering said songs/chants? Call me naive, but warnings are fucking warnings.
Unless the rest of you have read the twitter and have something else to point out (like is it re: wasps - the insect or W.A.S.P. - the acronym), then I suggest the thread ends here. This has the potential to make us look like the offended mob with all this outrage at probably nothing. Now of course if it can be linked that he did indeed belittle the Ibrox Disaster victims, then we should not hold back and complain to C4 en masse.
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