Let's start be getting things straight. I really cannot be bothered with religion so I'm not going to make excuses for the moronic element within the Rangers support which would end the Lord's Prayer with a "Fuck the Pope" add-on if they could, but to me this conference was an hour of good old-fashioned Rangers-bashing with our support being blamed for all of Scotland's problems by supporters of diddy-teams who are scared to mention the name of Celtic for fear of being labeled as racists.
Yet again we were treated to the complete and utter fabrication that is the allegation that "The Famine Song" (something I've never heard at a Rangers match - I assume they meant the WDYGH chant) is an attack on every Irishman or person of Irish descent in this country. They know as well as you or I do that it's an attack on the plastics within the Celtic support who hate the UK and insist that they're Irish - despite being born in Scotland, as were their parents, as were the grandparents... Don't let the truth get in the way of labeling the Rangers support as some sort of racist organisation. It obviously doesn't suit your Rangers-hating agenda.
The most insane question of the evening came from a Celtic fan (surprisingly enough) who attacked the police for not arresting 20,000 Rangers fans at the League Cup Final. The idiot in question went by the name of Danny Boyle. Danny's associates and their history can be researched easily enough.
It made it very clear that there were a number of people in attendance who see the Rangers as the enemy and know that it's a free for all. Contrast this to Celtic where any legitimate criticism is met by cries of "RACIST!" from all at Parkhead and their Celtic-minded friends in the press who are carefully orchestrating this attack on Rangers which is looking more and more like shooting fish in a barrel.
Thankfully the panel refused to take him seriously. They knew as well as you or I do that it's not one-sided and you can't arrest 20,000 people at one end and leave the other to sing about sectarian murder gangs, William of Orange, John Knox and the head of the Church of England.
Credit in particular goes to Micky Weir, formerly of Hibernian. The guy may well be infamous around these parts but he had the decency to point out that the sectarian schooling system is where it all starts out. For that he has earned my respect.
Scotland has a sectarian problem and it's been that way for over a century. It's a problem, but not as big a problem as saying that it's all one-sided. Previous societies have tried to blame one religious group for all its ills and look what happened there.
Be on your guard.