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"Independent" Scotland joke!

by BoogerMan in

humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

LoveUniHateExams

Anyone from the UK care to explain what the scottish independent people are upset about and how they feel separating will improve their life? - it's mostly ancient grievances and rivalries against the English.

A lot of it is just banter, but there is anti-English bigotry as well, all whipped up by the SNP.

Strange thing is, thanks to The Barnet Formula, more money per capita is spent on Scottish people than people south of the border. Scots also get 'free' uni education (paid for by English taxpayers), and free eye tests (again, paid for by ...). They may also get free dentist stuff, although I'm not sure about this. But, anyway, what this means is that the English taxpayer pretty much does everything for Scots except wipe their backsides. And some still hate us. There's just no fixing stupid, is there.

The Scots already had a referendum on UK membership in 2014. The then-SNP leader, Alex Salmond, called it a once-in-a-generation event, probably in the hopes that it would help his cause. It didn't - the unionists won.

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Moral responsibility.

by nicolaou in

no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

LoveUniHateExams

What is the difference between subjective - objective and absolute morality? - great question.

As far as I can see there's no actual difference.

There's just 'morality'.

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Moral responsibility.

by nicolaou in

no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

LoveUniHateExams

I wouldn't let an animal suffer never mind a person - but, like me, you do.

Animals suffer all the time in their natural habitat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hedZrvGUFlI

^^^ Awww, poor deer ...

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Moral responsibility.

by nicolaou in

no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!

LoveUniHateExams

In the scenario of the OP, I'd like to think I'd try to help the child.

What responsibility would I bear for inaction on my part?

It's a tough one.

Surely the little boy's parent(s) or legal guardian(s) bear responsibility?

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How do you feel about Brexit?

by SydBarrett in

jw
friends

the "independent scotland" thread got me thinking on this.

there are a lot of brits on this board.

what are your thoughts on brexit?

LoveUniHateExams

That's wrong in one major and important way: the EU had a vested interest in making Brexit as difficult as possible, to dissuade any other member states from thinking that leaving the union would be easy or desirable

^^^ Exactly. This can easily be overlooked.

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"Independent" Scotland joke!

by BoogerMan in

humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

LoveUniHateExams

It’s 50/50 want independence at the moment - then that's not a majority, as you falsely implied in a previous post.

The other parts of the UK should get their own votes on whether to remain in the UK - weasel words. Do we ask this referendum UK-wide and tally up the yes votes and no votes with one side winning, or do we separate off all the countries and territories arbitrarily?

Like any normal country Scotland will decide what is in its best interests in terms of currency and economic and foreign policy at the time - but what if Scotland's best interest is to stay within the UK, and have the British pound as its currency?

I agree both the assets and the liabilities of the UK state will need to be settled equitably - nice words, but what does this mean in practice?

As far as I can make out, you want Scotland to discontinue with the Barnet Formula, and have a proportionate share of Westminster's riches, plus a proportionate share of the UK debt.

Is this viable?

Scotland has a population of approx. 5 million, give or take. Some of those people are kids in schools, some are drug addicts or otherwise unable to make a net benefit to the Scottish economy.

How many people in Scotland are a net benefit to society? Maybe 3 and a half million, something like this.

How can Scotland survive - and more importantly - thrive independently from England?
Have you genuinely thought this through, or is it 'independence at all costs'?

I'm sorry, Slim, but you're not really dealing with the issues I raised. Rather, you're just batting them away, saying 'what about Ireland, what about Norway!'.

Still, it won't be my loss, it will be Scotland's ...

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"Independent" Scotland joke!

by BoogerMan in

humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

LoveUniHateExams

Some more things to consider if/when Scotland goes independent and breaks up the UK:

- How much money from Westminster should Scotland receive? (no, it shouldn't receive half, let's nip that in the bud right now, lol)

- The national debt of the UK currently exceeds £2 trillion. Should an independent Scotland inherit its share of the UK deficit on the break up of the UK?

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"Independent" Scotland joke!

by BoogerMan in

humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

LoveUniHateExams

Love Uni do you think Irish independence is a joke? Or is Norwegian independence a joke? Or is it just Scotland you think is incapable of independence? Please explain - er, no. Irish independence 100 years ago has nothing to do with what we're talking about, which is Scottish independence today. The main difference between the two is that the Irish actually voted to leave, whereas Scotland voted to stay, lol.

And what the hell is 'Norwegian independence'? Are you referring to Norwegian independence from the Danish crown, something that happened a long time ago? That has nothing to do with what we're discussing here.

And I see you've neatly side-stepped some of the issues that a New Scotland would face.

No 1: what currency would this shiny new independent country have?

No 2: how would this new-look Scotland fare without the Barnet Formula propping it up?

No 3: would this Scotland drill for all its oil in the North Sea, or would it keep it locked there because of the supposed climate crisis?

I agree that the rest of the UK will be affected when Scotland becomes independent. A spouse is affected when one partner decides to divorce, that doesn’t give them a veto - so you think that the fate of the UK (pop. 65-plus million) should be decided by five million kilt-wearing Jocks, because you've just compared that situation with one spouse leaving another. For somebody who is obviously intelligent and thoughtful you can be an idiot at times.

I simply say this: if the fate of the UK is to be decided, then for goodness sake let all UK citizens vote on it. <---- this is fair, no?

Have you thought through the implication of keeping Scotland in the union if it want to leave? Because if Westminster does attempt to keep Scotland in the union despite the majority of Scots wanting to leave - do the majority of Scots actually want to leave?

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Let The Right One In (2008) - good little film!

by LoveUniHateExams in

so i saw let the right one in (2008) for the first time a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed it.. it's a good little film - the two leads were very young at the time of filming but did an excellent job.

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LoveUniHateExams

Here is an interview, in Swedish, with Lina Leandersson. She's the young actor who played Eli.

She seemed a little shy but she dealt with the interviewer pretty well - particularly when he asked her if she had read the book. She was only 13 years old at the time of the interview but the book has paedophilia in it. Fucking eye roll, Jesus Christ.

It's young people like her that help me keep my faith in humanity. Maybe the future won't be so bad, after all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpsltrAPP3U

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How do you feel about Brexit?

by SydBarrett in

jw
friends

the "independent scotland" thread got me thinking on this.

there are a lot of brits on this board.

what are your thoughts on brexit?

LoveUniHateExams

But cutting ourselves off from a huge market - but we haven't done that. The UK and the EU can still trade, plus we can trade with Australia, Singapore, NZ, Malaysia, etc etc.

Long story short we have opportunities outside the EU, right