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Of course! Why not? In literature as much as in science, it's easier to have an idea rather than exploit it. I might get the thunder of Litopians but I come from a family who's always said plainly what we think.
Lol Yay! An honorary Scot! @Alistair Roberts is one too. So was JK until she pulled that stunt in 2014 and then started calling us all detheaters, now she's disowned
That was a joke by the way (about disowning her lol) hence the smiley.
May I also point out that all media is union bias
There is a lot of bad feeling, but not toward No voters, though that's what the media want you to think. The Scots hate the No voters, the Scots hate the English... um... no, we hate corrupt overlords, Tories, Lib dem and Red-tories. There are a few groups who will openly say "see you, you caused all this" with regard to No voters, but not many. The vast majority of us are gearing up for Indyref2. The government is doing a damn good job of convincing folk for us, t the point that Northern cities now want to be absorbed into Scotland. Speaks volumes without us saying a word.
But the overwhelming evidence is that both the Indyref and Genelect were rigged. Of course the vast majority of people will never know. I remember on the 19th when buses upon buses of people from Northern Ireland and England as well as certain Scottish groups whom I will refrain from naming appeared to riot in Glasgow. It was well organised violence. YES campaigners had been sitting in George Square all day, just peacefully doing their thing. Being a member of the YES groups, I saw a hell of a lot more than most have seen of it. And it was not reported on, a 'disturbance' in Glasgow. Unless your eyes are open, you will never ever see the truth behind their lies.
It was frightening. YES campaigners were being collected up in police vans and driven out of Glasgow to keep them safe. Riots were organised in Greenock (where I live), Port Glasgow, Stirling, loads of places... but did you hear even a whisper of those? nope.
Tell you what. Next time, any of you are welcome to come stay with me and see how safe you feel when the mobs come around.
And look at our country now. Now the SNP's 56 are the only MP's standing up for the rights of the working and the poor and the sick and disabled! Labour voted for the Snooping and the Fox hunting, and a whole host of other things, an odd thing that.
Our little collection of countries is in a right sorry state. And it will be even worse come 2020.
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See this is why I didn't give a full answer before. I am more than a little politically charged.
Hey ho. I've said my bit.
Fracking is bloody scary. I hope they don't get it through where you are, it risks too many peoples lives, not to mention animal life. The Gvnmt really needs to rethink... Yup just about everything. But all they want to do now is make the rich richer and push people through the cracks. Our wee island is flying by the seat of it's pants and as yet, the landing strip is to be determines... here's hoping it's not in the piranha tank :/Not funny at all, Karen. : ( Very ugly. It's an ancient thing and clearly not over. Many of the English were, and would be again, ready to let Scotland go her own way, completely. I suspect the reason the Gov't is so determined that fracking will happen in the face of fierce resistance, and two recent refusals on the part of local government, is connected to this future possibility. I'm in Lancashire, not far from the proposed site at Littleplumpton. Happily, there must be hope; we're all good, talking to each other, here
The term "astromagic" in regards to the specific concept she describes it as defining, yes — certainly.
Okay, in clarification, after reading Emu's contribution, you can only copyright the concept to the extent that it is included in the work you have written.
You'd have to give a name to the gap between the English and the Scots. What about calling it the Mutton Ditch, because the Scots eat more mutton than the English? Here in Switzerland, you have a great, deep gap Between the German speaking people (the Swiss-Germans) and the French ones which we call the Röstigraben (the ditch with rösti in it as the Swiss-Germans will eat more rösti than the people from the French speaking part of Switzerland.Not funny at all, Karen. : ( Very ugly. It's an ancient thing and clearly not over. Many of the English were, and would be again, ready to let Scotland go her own way, completely. I suspect the reason the Gov't is so determined that fracking will happen in the face of fierce resistance, and two recent refusals on the part of local government, is connected to this future possibility. I'm in Lancashire, not far from the proposed site at Littleplumpton. Happily, there must be hope; we're all good, talking to each other, here
Thanks, folks. I hadn't expected so much attention. You are too kind.
That was a joke by the way (about disowning her lol) hence the smiley.
May I also point out that all media is union bias
There is a lot of bad feeling, but not toward No voters, though that's what the media want you to think. The Scots hate the No voters, the Scots hate the English... um... no, we hate corrupt overlords, Tories, Lib dem and Red-tories. There are a few groups who will openly say "see you, you caused all this" with regard to No voters, but not many. The vast majority of us are gearing up for Indyref2. The government is doing a damn good job of convincing folk for us, t the point that Northern cities now want to be absorbed into Scotland. Speaks volumes without us saying a word.
But the overwhelming evidence is that both the Indyref and Genelect were rigged. Of course the vast majority of people will never know. I remember on the 19th when buses upon buses of people from Northern Ireland and England as well as certain Scottish groups whom I will refrain from naming appeared to riot in Glasgow. It was well organised violence. YES campaigners had been sitting in George Square all day, just peacefully doing their thing. Being a member of the YES groups, I saw a hell of a lot more than most have seen of it. And it was not reported on, a 'disturbance' in Glasgow. Unless your eyes are open, you will never ever see the truth behind their lies.
It was frightening. YES campaigners were being collected up in police vans and driven out of Glasgow to keep them safe. Riots were organised in Greenock (where I live), Port Glasgow, Stirling, loads of places... but did you hear even a whisper of those? nope.
Tell you what. Next time, any of you are welcome to come stay with me and see how safe you feel when the mobs come around.
And look at our country now. Now the SNP's 56 are the only MP's standing up for the rights of the working and the poor and the sick and disabled! Labour voted for the Snooping and the Fox hunting, and a whole host of other things, an odd thing that.
Our little collection of countries is in a right sorry state. And it will be even worse come 2020.
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See this is why I didn't give a full answer before. I am more than a little politically charged.
Hey ho. I've said my bit.
