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That's the best reply I've seen to my position on the issue. To clarify, I was trying to make the point that it seems mad to me that Rangers are Scotland's pariah despite clear evidence that fans are trying to bring the club into the 21st century. All whilst the club that we know has protected a paedophile ring for going on fifty years is still perceived as a 'club like no other'.

I'm sure you can appreciate that, based on my past experience of childhood sexual assault, I see situation as insane, which is leading me to angrily bring that up when it is not entirely relevant. I know I'm frustrated, because I don't feel like I've ever been listened to. Whether I'm polite or direct, the result is always the same.

Thinking about it very carefully I think you're right to a large extent; comparing the issues isn't entirely valid because, as you say, they don't have an entire songbook dedicated to their club's crimes. The problems are just too different to compare.

I would say this: I have genuinely tried to discuss this with their fans as much as possible and as politely and objectively as possible. Not one of them has ever accepted that their club has done what the public evidence suggests they did, never mind are willing to put down the hoops until justice is done. Not on one single occassion. Only in the most private discussions has anything other than the party line been totted out - "You're just upset about 10IAR, just another bitter hun, it's all in the past, we should let the authorities deal with it etc etc".

Sorry to unload all that. I really just wanted to say thank you for that response, it's given me a lot to think about. I want to continue speaking out about sexual assault and justice but I will really try to make sure I'm doing it in the correct context, lest I become the bitter Hun that I'm afraid of being typecast as.