Quote Originally Posted by Rangersmandownunder View Post
My brother committed suicide 26 years ago, I found him hanging in his room, he was 19 years old and used his Rangers scarf to do it. He was abused as a child, I won't go into anymore details as it's too painful.

I have worked with the victims groups since and still do here in Perth, I find it hard to put into words how I feel about these players coming out and telling their story, relief, happiness, I don't know, but what I do know is I won't stop talking about it because some nomark on the internet thinks he is the moral compass.
Where have I questioned your experience of child abuse? You questioned mine without knowing anything. My ex misses attempted suicide twice after being abused by uncle from the age of 5. She took the brave step years later of talking to the police but her own family didn't back her up, the case fell through. I have also worked in child protection. Indeed I was involved in lobbying with my employer at the time Barnardo's for the introduction of a *** offenders register but the Thatcher government always refused one saying it wasn't needed. There were no enhanced disclosuire checks, most employers didn't have child protection policies, the police didn't take it seriously in most instances and society didn't understand the level of psychological damage to the victims. Indeed when abuse victims did start to come forward in bigger numbers in late 80s early 90s their was a backlash with accusations of 'false memory syndrome' We could go right back Freud withdrawing his paper that found widespread abuse in Austrian middle class society then creating the mother fantasy, setting back society's consciousness over abuse by some 100 years. It wasn't until 1997 we finally got a *** offenders register from the incoming Labour government.

Its horrible what happened in your family. You should know better then with some of your posts on here.