Jacksgranda Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 I'll have you know there is only 3 or 4 Scottish secondary schools with Royal in them, and I attended one. These "Royal Schools" obviously don't place a great deal of importance on writing English. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 I think all of us here owe a debt of gratitude for the Christian upbringing that made the WKR the tolerant and well rounded individual we have before us........:-) Praise the lord indeed. If only more people were as tolerant as Norman... -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magoo9uk Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Praise the lord indeed. If only more people were as tolerant as Norman... Indeed,it would have been a tragedy if he had ended up as a hate filled obsessive...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magoo9uk Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 No to f**k wa that I'm Scottish Where in auld Scotia is Clonmel anyhows? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Indeed,it would have been a tragedy if he had ended up as a hate filled obsessive...... It's quite simple, sonny. Just take a long look at organised religion as a whole, ask yourself who benefits from it, and reject the whole shooting match. You can be a decent human being if you don't rely on some imaginary friend who'll make everything better and provide you with ready-made scapegoats for everything that goes wrong in your life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magoo9uk Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 It's quite simple, sonny. Just take a long look at organised religion as a whole, ask yourself who benefits from it, and reject the whole shooting match. You can be a decent human being if you don't rely on some imaginary friend who'll make everything better and provide you with ready-made scapegoats for everything that goes wrong in your life. Yep,certainly seems to have worked for you,talking of scapegoats though I can't help but notice that you seem to blame RFC for well,just about everything really? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain kirk Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 It was a controversial match for a city divided by sectarianism: Cathy was a Catholic, while Alex was Protestant. But he was following the example of his father, who himself had ‘broken a taboo’ by marrying a Catholic woman. In 1967, Alex moved to Rangers, which was to prove problematic. Rangers and Celtic, the two big football teams in Glasgow, are representative of the city’s religious divide. Most Protestants support Rangers; most Catholics back Celtic. On the day he signed for the club at Ibrox, one of the directors asked him about his wife’s religion and Alex confirmed she was a Catholic. When he said they had married in a register office, the director replied: ‘Well that’s all right then.’ In his autobiography, Alex recalled feeling a sense of ‘poisonous hostility’ towards him from Willie Allison, Rangers’ PR manager, and also calls him a ‘bigot’ for his dislike of Catholics. When a story appeared in a Scottish newspaper headlined: ‘Ferguson finished at Ibrox’, he suspected Allison was behind it. He quit Rangers after just two years. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2322233/Why-Sir-Alex-Fergusons-wife-Cathy-formidable-him.html How dare you it's all a myth it never happened . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 You do know Scotia is the old roman name for Ireland. So it's way down south Obviously he didn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magoo9uk Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 You do know Scotia is the old roman name for Ireland. So it's way down south Yes, just a little confused at the disparity with your name and your patriotic claims? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasodaha Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 It's quite simple, sonny. Just take a long look at organised religion as a whole, ask yourself who benefits from it, and reject the whole shooting match. You can be a decent human being if you don't rely on some imaginary friend who'll make everything better and provide you with ready-made scapegoats for everything that goes wrong in your life. I've always found it strange that one group of Christians can so despise another group of Christians with whom they only have little superficial differences in outlook, yet will staunchly defend other religions with massive fundamental differences. Very odd really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Yep,certainly seems to have worked for you,talking of scapegoats though I can't help but notice that you seem to blame RFC for well,just about everything really? Nope. I don't blame rangers or their successors for my lovely wife; my kids and grand-daughter; my rewarding job; my beautiful house; my discovery of the whole Topanga Canyon scene and the beautiful musical journey it inspired; my love of well-written crime fiction and a range of Non-fiction: my appreciation of The Wire, Game of Thrones or Ken Loach films. Everything? A cynical man would say that would be the statement of a simpleton whose entire existence revolves around a corrupt "institution", and cannot comprehend a world outside that particular poisonous wee bubble. I couldn't possibly comment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 I've always found it strange that one group of Christians can so despise another group of Christians with whom they only have little superficial differences in outlook, yet will staunchly defend other religions with massive fundamental differences. Very odd really. Basic Machiavellian strategy, really. Make sure your followers believe the enemy is among them to keep them off guard, and trusting in your leadership and protection. "They look just like you, but beware..." Example - what exactly do Scots Protestants need protecting from? Who is attacking their way of life? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magoo9uk Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Nope. I don't blame rangers or their successors for my lovely wife; my kids and grand-daughter; my rewarding job; my beautiful house; my discovery of the whole Topanga Canyon scene and the beautiful musical journey it inspired; my love of well-written crime fiction and a range of Non-fiction: my appreciation of The Wire, Game of Thrones or Ken Loach films. Everything? A cynical man would say that would be the statement of a simpleton whose entire existence revolves around a corrupt "institution", and cannot comprehend a world outside that particular poisonous wee bubble. I couldn't possibly comment. A casual onlooker reading the above might perceive you as a well rounded individual but those of us who have seen the mask slip and read the "c**t with cancer" jibes know better..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Basic Machiavellian strategy, really. Make sure your followers believe the enemy is among them to keep them off guard, and trusting in your leadership and protection. "They look just like you, but beware..." Sounds just like the catholic church Norman. I remember an old priest telling an ex of mine (mid 90's) that we were both going to hell, amongst other things. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 A casual onlooker reading the above might perceive you as a well rounded individual but those of us who have seen the mask slip and read the "c**t with cancer" jibes know better..... Ah, the last refuge. I had a wee bet with myself you'd roll that one out at around half eight. Congratulations on your self-control. Yep, I think Jardine behaved like a c**t. Yep, he contracted cancer. Join the dots, fuckwit. As for "jibes", I posted it on here once. One particular poster continues to resurrect it on a regular basis when he's trying to deflect from him getting his arse handed to him yet again. Any particular reason? Other than being shown up to be thick as f**k yet again? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Sounds just like the catholic church Norman. I remember an old priest telling an ex of mine (mid 90's) that we were both going to hell, amongst other things. Sounds like every organised religion. Any reason you singled out one in particular? Nah, I'm sure that actually happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwithme Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) It was a controversial match for a city divided by sectarianism: Cathy was a Catholic, while Alex was Protestant. But he was following the example of his father, who himself had ‘broken a taboo’ by marrying a Catholic woman. In 1967, Alex moved to Rangers, which was to prove problematic. Rangers and Celtic, the two big football teams in Glasgow, are representative of the city’s religious divide. Most Protestants support Rangers; most Catholics back Celtic. On the day he signed for the club at Ibrox, one of the directors asked him about his wife’s religion and Alex confirmed she was a Catholic. When he said they had married in a register office, the director replied: ‘Well that’s all right then.’ In his autobiography, Alex recalled feeling a sense of ‘poisonous hostility’ towards him from Willie Allison, Rangers’ PR manager, and also calls him a ‘bigot’ for his dislike of Catholics. When a story appeared in a Scottish newspaper headlined: ‘Ferguson finished at Ibrox’, he suspected Allison was behind it. He quit Rangers after just two years. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2322233/Why-Sir-Alex-Fergusons-wife-Cathy-formidable-him.html In his autobiography 'Managing My Life', Ferguson tells how he left Ibrox reluctantly and cursed himself shortly thereafter for doing so. He had been frozen out of the first team following a Cup final defeat to Celtic. But soon after he left, Willie Waddell took over from Davie White as manager and Waddell told Ferguson shortly afterwards that he would have been picked for the first team if he had stayed. Not only that but highly-respected Ibrox figures Bob McPhail and Willie Thornton had urged Ferguson to stay at Ibrox - without being able to reveal to him that White was on the way out. Edited August 4, 2013 by Bearwithme 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendarroch Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 I despised the blue half more. *An analogy (again, get an adult to explain): If Ahmed and his family suffer violence as a result of Israeli occupation and he reacts by throwing stones at Israeli soldiers, does that make him anti-semitic? Or would his attitude towards the Israelis be formed by their actions? WKR is shouted at by some Rangers supporters. Compares it to Israeli military occupation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 In his autobiography 'Managing My Life', Ferguson tells how he left Ibrox reluctantly and cursed himself shortly thereafter for doing so. He had been frozen out of the first team following a Cup final defeat to Celtic. But soon after he left, Willie Waddell took over from Davie White as manager and Waddell told Ferguson shortly afterwards that he would have been picked for the first team if he had stayed. Not only that but highly-respected Ibrox figures Bob McPhail and Willie Thornton had urged Ferguson to stay at Ibrox - without being able to reveal to him that White was on the way out. Okay, only some of the directors were bigots. That's all right then, at least it wasn't all of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Sounds like every organised religion. Any reason you singled out one in particular? Nah, I'm sure that actually happened. Yes i was forgetting how about tolerant that particular church is when it comes to gay rights, silly me. It was his granny and aunts who actually reported him to the priest for being gay, unf**king believable. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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