So what the hell am I on about now? Well I was reminded of this phrase when I read McMurdo's blog yesterday. In among Biblical quotes, he comes up with the crazy idea that the divisions in the Bisto support is some kind of conspiracy to aid the independence cause. He says, "At the same time – and only a fool would believe by accident – the largest bastion of Unionism in Scotland i.e. the support of Rangers Football Club is hopelessly rent with division."
He quotes the Parable of the tares and the wheat, saying, "The analogy is that the tares may live alongside the wheat and try to pass themselves off as wheat but they are tares with an alternative life and purpose." In other words, the 'Rebels' among the Bisto support are not true 'Rangers' men but interlopers with a destructive agenda. The implication is that they are 'enemies' posing as Bisto supporters.
This nonsense is part-and-parcel of the myth that all the problems of Rangers and then Bisto were caused by malevolent, outside forces. It's the same old story we heard from Traynor, Leggat and McMurdo himself. It makes their suffering easier to bear if they can blame all their troubles on somebody else.
The mystical nonsense is continued by the posters on the blog. One gives us the story that the word 'bigot' is derived from Protestant martyrs swearing 'by God'. That's a new one! The usual tale along these lines is that the French used the name for the Normans. Interestingly the OED totally discounts this story. The truth, however, has never got in the way of the mad stories The Peppul come up with.
McMurdo is a firm adherent of British Israelism, a fantasy still taught by the Orange Order and a leading component of Neo-Nazi and white supremacist beliefs in America. With no historical evidence to back up the theory, much of the argument in favour of British Israelism relies on fallacious etymological sources. Tenuous links are shown between British and Irish languages and Hebrew, in order to 'prove' that we are all descended from the lost Ten Tribes. This flies in the face of nearly two hundred years of research into Proto-Indo-European language (PIE), from which all our languages are ultimately derived.
Regular readers of McMurdo's blog will know how much The Peeppul feel betrayed by the Church of Scotland for turning its back on bigotry decades ago. Now it seems all their religious fervour, as well as any political leanings, is all focused on Ibrox. No wonder they find it hard to accept that their team died!
Meanwhile, at the Orange Vatican itself things are getting desperate. Kenny Miller has been signed on a two-year deal and Sooperally is keen to sign Kris Boyd to partner him up front. It always pays to look to the future, eh? Apparently, Sooper has got the same budget as last year so will be looking to offload those players whose contracts are up. Cribari is said to be inconsolable; he might actually have to go out and work for a living now!
We're told that Miller has signed for a wage that is less than Peralta's. That's of course, on the official contract but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a wee side contract already drawn up. Speaking of money, Sooper is bragging in the papers about how he and his team won't be taking a bonus for winning Division 1. That's hellulva good of them, eh? Still, at £850,000 a year it has to be said that Sooper doesn't exactly need one. And I wonder how much his side contract's worth? As to his team, they hardly deserve a bonus after beating teams full of brickies, posties and the like. Our media, though, will peddle this as a wonderful gesture. The Daily Record is already contrasting it with Mr Blobby's bonus, as part of its anti-board agenda.
On the subject of being anti-board, I see the Blue Order and the Union Bears are producing their own merchandise under the '1872 Clothing' label. 'Unofficial Rangers (sic) and Loyalist clothing' they call it. They've scrupulously avoided any logos that could be claimed as infringing the copyright of Bisto FC but I doubt very much that they've got permission to use the images of Sooperally or Winston Churchill, let alone that of Roy Orbison. I'm sure the latter will be spinning in his grave at the thought of being associated with a gang of bigots. I wonder if any of the pro-board Peeppul will get in touch with the appropriate estates to grass up their enemies!
"Aye, that's right, wur gettin' in a loatta big names tae make sure wae win the Championship. John Greig's comin' in tae shore up the defence an' Big Deek's gonnae be in the midfield. If wae don't get Kris Boyd then Ah'm gonnae pit the boots oan masel'. An' Andy Goram's gonnae be in goals. It'll bae pyoor dead brulliant, so it wull! Mind you, wull need tae make sure that wae only dive at away gemmes - wae don't tae damage the Ibrox gress; no' when thurs mugs willin' tae pye fur bits-y it!"
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