The Lennon Debacle
When the vile clowns who sent Neil Lennon the parcel bomb are rolled up and tried by the law, we’ll doubtless find that at somewhere in their murky lives they’ve been self declared Ranger’s fans for years.
But they won’t be charged and tried because they’re Rangers fans, but as suspects in an attempted murder case. Of course that will not stop the rabid media, lusting for their next jag, connecting them with people singing the Sash on a Saturday.
Not much will be said of Lennon or his provocative conduct in or out of football. Why should it be? He’s only a football club manager, isn’t he? Well ….. possibly …..
However, anyone who has followed the history of those noble tribes, Rangers and Celtic fans, know better than most that there is an abiding principle of self endangerment. The putting of oneself in harm’s way. And Mr Lennon has not been slow to self endangerment for his sectarian views and motives – in his private life, business life, his professional life, He’s always been willing to start the ruckus, anyone even slightly connected to Celtic knows this.
It is also well known he’s a self serving, prickly twit of dubious morality. It was there for all to see when he tried to assault Mc Coist, Rangers’ Assistant Manager, and on television too. This guy is a threat to public order wherever he goes. He does this deliberately with the explicit intention of being revered as a warrior for the cause.
Does all this mean he’s fair game for murder. ABSOLUTELY NOT.
And the full force of the law should be brought to bear to find his assailants with all possible haste.
But when Monsieur Platini throws in his lot with Lennon does he actually support him in all his works ? He has not said it is otherwise.
So what is Platini’s motives? Does he intend to stand with all football managers who find themselves under threat? If not what’s his Lennon connection? We know already that he’s taking a stand against Rangers Football Club, supposedly in the interests of cracking down on sectarianism in their fans, but not against Celtic.
We all have to be concerned at Platini’s unqualified support for Lennon. Someone has to ask the question, why on earth would he set himself up as a one man arbitration council, then condemn Sir Alex while supporting Lennon? And all this based on what? His own super intuition?
The forces of law and order in Northern Ireland have been looking for someone just like this for forty years; someone who can, on no evidence and little acquaintance with the subject instantly know the motives for heinous crime. He was wasting his time all those years being a footballer. (Some say he was anyway!)
The preference of most people would be for Monsieur Platini to be campaigning for angry prejudiced, sectarianists, people like Lennon, to be excluded from football entirely. The Celtic board know he’s trouble waiting to happen, a liability, and not worth the effort, and Rangers could do them a favour by winning the title this season to let them give him the boot.
Does all this mean its OK to bomb him?
NO, NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
The faster his would be killers are brought to justice the better for our beloved Rangers.
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