Boycott Scotland

[matnatz]

Oh damn, I guess the Shortbread industry is screwed.

 

[MarsProbe]

...Are we thinking of the same country? When I go to stay with my dad, just outside Glasgow we can't go up to the precinct after 4pm, just incase we get stabbed. All the same, I was listening to a shock jock talking about that on Galaxy (scottish radio station) and he made a good point, saying that surely, if Scotland can show kindness to this man in his last days, does that not say more about Scotland being a good place, a democratic place? It was a man named Scottie McClue...I think.

Up the precint? What kind of crazy mixed up language is this!? 4pm is quite early, I always thought the stabbings didn't start till much later on. Anyway, is Scotty McClure (if that was his name) still on the go? Last time I heard him, he was on Scot FM. That was a while back....

 

[nolongerhere]

Boycott us, eh? We'll boycott you! How do you like that, *****? Bet it stings.

 

[Spacewolf]

Let's remember this is the country that had to rename French Fries as Freedom Fries because of their boycott of France for not following them mindlessly in to an illegal war.

As much as I love blaming Gordon Brown it was actually not his fault this time, it was some minister for something or other in Scotland, I believe Gordon Brown actually disagreed with the decision and was appalled that the people welcoming Abdel Baset al-Megrahi home were waving Scottish flags.

Oh my god, how WRONG you are. The foundations for this release were laid by Tony Blair when he met Ghadaffi to secure the BP oil rights in Libya. The Scottish Justice Minister who released him was effectively tying up the loose ends of the deal brokered and started by the Labour government whilst under Blair's leadership. So Brown coming out against it is just pathetic since it was his party that effectively started the whole thing.

Something tells me that being in the same party in what is an effectivly 2-3 party system is a pretty flimsy argument

 

[Orlana]

there are awesome americans I just wish they would scream and shout as loud ans the idiots and tell them to STFU.

We do, but it doesn't get us anywhere. Unless you count being called traitors, unpatriotic, terrorist lovers, and all manner of other vile, incorrect labels. If you know anything about The Red Scare, it's basically the same thing. God forbid you say one negative thing about what our country does to the wrong individual. It won't get you arrested, but you'll be a social outcast because these people won't let it go.

What's worse, try hating this war but falling for a soldier. There's a lot of us in that position, myself included. It's hard as hell to be able to express any negativity while wanting to support him and knowing if you open your mouth it can ruin his career. I fully support the troops, just not the war itself, but the latter of that can screw me over in a heartbeat.

 

[historybuff]

I didn't know that!

We're boycotting things??


I don't really care.

 

[ben---neb]

I'm Scottish!!!!!!! Yeah! Personally if someone gave me a gun I'd shoot the guy with a clear conscience and a grin on my face.

Have fun boycotting us ya dafties.

 

[Fudgo]

I lol'd hard at that site. Thanks for that.

Now I really want to see how this turns out...

 

[PumpActionJesus]

I have not heard about this, nor do I particularly care.
So some dude...uh...what did he do, exactly?

Well, whatever.

He hjckd a plane "lockerbie" or something, and killed alot of people.

But he has cancer now, so they let him out for 5 days til he keels over

 

[cobra_ky]

i don't know a damn thing about this supposed boycott and i don't care. what i do know is that this guy was convicted of murdering 270 people. he served less than two weeks for each person he killed, and the families of the people who never got off that plane got to watch him land safely in Libya.

i'm not going to take part in a stupid, ineffectual boycott, but the fact that this man was released is shameful.

 

[911 fox]

im only boycotting haggis

 

[Jirlond]

i don't know a damn thing about this supposed boycott and i don't care. what i do know is that this guy was convicted of murdering 270 people. he served less than two weeks for each person he killed, and the families of the people who never got off that plane got to watch him land safely in Libya.

i'm not going to take part in a stupid, ineffectual boycott, but the fact that this man was released is shameful.

A large portion of scotland pacepalmed as soon as they heard the news. I agree that the boycott is a silly idea and it seems every escapist will ignore it.

GOOD GOING CHAPS!

 

[Robert632]

i bet it feel through when people saw what they had to give up.

 

[Abedeus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and_discoveries

Looks like the list includes the overhead valve engine, radar and logarithms. Any people trying to take a boycott on Scotland seriously are screwed.

I won't be one of them, though. I deeply respect Scotland for its inventions and its people.

They invented logarithms?

BOYCOTT SCOTLAND, BOYCOTT LOGARITHMS!!!

 

[Jirlond]

My motto is the scottish built it, the japaneese made it smaller!

 

[Scrittore]

...What does America import from Scotland?

La-La-La-Laphroig! And I'll slaughter anybody who comes between me and Islay's finest.

 

[bodyklok]

Wouldn't it make more sense to boycott Libya?

 

[Jirlond]

Wouldn't it make more sense to boycott Libya?

Yeah has anyone actually seen Gadafi - he looks like a mad bast'd

 

[Laughing Man]

Something tells me that being in the same party in what is an effectivly 2-3 party system is a pretty flimsy argument

It's a pretty bloody good argument, since GB was in charge of the countries finances at the time any potential trade links with Libya would have had some sort of say through him. A lot of the shit that is currently engulfing this country is a direct result of Brown and Blairs boom and bust policies so to simply say Blair has gone ergo how can Brown have had anything to do with this, well it's pretty nieve.

Perhaps Labour will officially tell us exactly what deals it has brokered with Libya over the last 12 months, perhaps it will happily explain why three of it's ministers have made trips to the country in the last year in an official capacity. Or perhaps Labour will sit back and spin the situation as it always does until someone with a fraction of moral back bone actually tell us what the real story is.

 

[Jirlond]

An amusing video from scotland by a guy called limmy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uYmpnRtXGs