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As a Scot I am not happy with this blatant misrepresentation of my country...would the editors please remove this?
As an American of Scottish decent I would prefer the editors to leave it. I feel a more appropriate response with
a broader positive result would be for you to engage with dialog.
Where IS that 'Theory of Everything' ?
Here it is !
Who's to say it's "misrepresentation"? The Darien fiasco is historical fact, and Scottish demographic trends are public record. Besides, there is no value in free speech unless it includes speech you don't like.
I don't need lectures about free speech thanks. Responsible free speech is required, not a diatribe. Don't you lot usually deal with trolls quietly? If you think Mudlogger's analysis is sound then that shows two closed minds not one. I think the current state of Scotland is more nuanced than ML would allow. If Scotland is such a basket case then I wonder if that had anything to do with deindustrialisation or the use of much of our land for aristocratic 'sports'. Being tied to a neighbour so much bigger and so arrogant with it does not help. If you are English ML why don't you and your countrymen set us free and watch us drown. We don't mind. We could do with having your foot taken off our heads as we try to surface though...
As for ML's analysis, if you really think it is so transparently obvious, I should be humble and listen reverently, and then I must re-contact all those academics I used to hang out with and tell them to get down to McDonalds pronto, I hear you can always get a job there...
At least the English do not deny the Scots right to exist, as many Americans have on this forum and elsewhere to New Orleans.
Best Hopes,
Alan