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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:30 PM Original message |
UN says Scotland is the most violent country in the "developed" world. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. You mean they one-upped us? |
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darkism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. My first thoughts exactly. n/t |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. HUH??? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. But Scotland Isn't Really a Country. It's Part of the United Kingdom |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. It is a country or nation. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Ireland is an independent, sovereign country. |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Whoops! |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. To nitpick, Northern Ireland is not the whole of "Ulster" |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Really? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Here's the Wikipedia article.... |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. It has a parliament |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
68. Scotland is indeed its own country |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
71. Don't tell Sean Connery that. nt |
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NJ Democrats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. But Scotland isn't even a country is it? |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Scotland is a country like England is a country |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. it acts like one when it's convenient |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
69. Yes, it is a country |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oatmeal savages |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It's the Thistles! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Scotland! My heritage.. |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. What does that even mean? |
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FastHorizon (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
58. Iraq.... |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's not that bad, although it is more violent than England. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Strictly, that's not quite right |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I disagree: England, Scotland and Wales are all countries, NI is a special case |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. thanks for the link |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. That reminds me of a joke |
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Bruichladdich (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Scotland wasn't violent at all |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. it is nice out in the sticks, I'll admit. |
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Bruichladdich (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. Thank you |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. I am scottish, born and bred, the grimy, industrial bit inbetween the |
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Bruichladdich (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I never recognised any accent :-) |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 09:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
66. I loved my time in Scotland. I found the people to be reserved, polite |
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The Truffle (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. Scotland isn't an independent nation. |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. It's got a devolved government though... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly Should do a 2 hour celebration special |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Och! Easy with bellywashers and dirks, me bairns! |
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Bruichladdich (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
52. May be violence is because of "nemo me impune lacessit" |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Tha damned scots ruined scotland! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I love their |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
20. the Scots are a stigmatized population... |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. many of those 'cleared' settled in colonial America |
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Bruichladdich (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yes, imprisoned where send for hard labor by the english n/t |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yeah, a bunch of Scots and Scots-Irish came to NC |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Yep. |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. The clearance were terrible, but no attempt was made to wipe out the Scots as a race. |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. That idea of conquering them was more during the Middle Ages |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Well, I'm English, so hand over that farm, buster. |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. I'm also part English |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
60. check out what happened after Culloden, there was ethnic cleansing |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
72. Don't put words in my mouth. I said "ethnic cleansing", not "genocide"... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
31. And mostly without guns, too |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
32. In Scotland, something like 90% of land is owned by less than 20 families. |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. WOW that's an absolutely incredible statistic |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Any info on the unemployment rate? |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Just curious, what about England? |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
64. Check out this story from the Sunday Times in the UK |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. however, they have some damned good women fiction writers |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'd repatriate if I could |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. Here's a BBC story about the UN report: |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. just impossible |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. The violence figure excludes murder, apparently. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. OH for God's sake |
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enfield collector (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. guns don't kill people, violent people kill people. |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Violent people with guns kill people. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. Does Scotland have an "honor" culture? |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
62. President Butch DID break that Scot cop's leg. Must |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
63. Based on football hooliganism, maybe? - n/t |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
65. Anyone see "Trainspotters"? |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 09:54 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. "Begbie Didn't Do Drugs Either, He Just Did People." |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Wow, you could understand the dialogue? |
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