Quoting exnihilo from 20:27, 7th May 2007 we've seen how successful we've been over the years at grafting our society, ideas and culture onto other parts of the world - it simply isn't wanted and we've been by turns improbably cack-handed and horribly patronising in our efforts to "better" the peop...
Quoting The Bitter Historian from 19:50, 7th May 2007 So, is is the state's responsibility to provide everyone with an equal footing to manage this, or do we just have to trust to mythical economic powers to provide this? Do only bad things happen to bad people? I think the one thing we can say for...
Quoting shepperton from 17:16, 7th May 2007 I may be controversial in saying this but I didn't like Natural Selection at all - the poor quality sound put me off it a lot and I didn't think the editing was much to write home about. I can't say I was happy with the sound recording either, but I'll de...
Quoting Dave the Explosive Newt from 15:57, 5th May 2007 The Ian Rankin one was very good, although the audio was a bit iffy in places and made the accents rather hard to decode. That's true, though the sound was far better than the first round of shooting - I had to ask for the entire film to be r...
What? I'd just rather not live in an economically crippled country run by a political party that defines itself in terms of hatred of the English, my own nationality. I'll be glad to stand up and be counted as one of many people taking their skills and qualifications elsewhere.
On what basis? FAW? Lazy Nat bashing. Yeah, pretty much. In reasoned debate between intelligent people there are reasons for and against independence, and if someone comes to a conclusion that differs from my own then I can respect their decision. Educated nationalists, such as those at this univer...
I would agree on the SSP, possibly Labour, but it was the "fucking English running our country, you can never take our freedom" brigade I was referring to with regard to the SNP. I'd also say that, without a doubt, Solidarity/BNP/that Christian party will have been the biggest losers as a result of ...
Quoting McK from 12:22, 4th May 2007 My 85 year-old neighbour managed to complete hers correctly, and, in her words not mine, "it is a very poor reflection on the literacy of a significant number of Scottish voters". I suspect that the SNP lost more votes due to this than the other parties, and per...
Does anyone else think the high proportion of spoils isn't necessarily a bad thing? If people are too stupid to understand that you put an X on one paper and numbers on the other, perhaps they can't be trusted to elect a government?
Quoting Eliot Wilson from 21:18, 30th Apr 2007 Quoting Steveo from 13:45, 20th Apr 2007 There is no government, or oposition at the moment in Scotland. There are no MSPs at the moment, as parliament has been dissolved. I'm not an expert on the devolution settlement, but I'd be surprised if all the ...
