With daft Scotsman articles - who needs logic?

With 'best pals' like these, who needs auld enemies?
by Tom Brown

http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=618442007

GREETINGS from the capital of In-ger-land. They speak the same language, even though they can't pronounce it properly. They spend the same money, although there seems to be much more of it sloshing around in London. The relatives and friends are all as affectionate as ever.
So why does it feel like a foreign country? For one thing, there is still - but not for much longer - the stench of tobacco smoke in pubs, wine bars and restaurants.


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"...when he voiced this [being closest of buddies] in front of activists and MSPs at the SNP manifesto launch, they all burst out laughing at the improbability."

I very much doubt it since the SNP have been saying similar things to this for some time.

"Salmond somewhat patronisingly tells the English that Scottish independence would be good for them."

Scottish cringe alert! Why is it patronising to tell the English that independence (for both countries) will be good for them while it is suposedly not patronising for Blair to come up and lecture us about how disastrous it would be if we became independent!

Double standards surely. The Scotsman and others like to pretend nationalism is motivated by bigotry but it is simply not the case. IMPERIALISM on the other hand is a nationalism of a different colour.

Tony Blair and the British Government exhibit signs of this belief that they are superior to other countries and have a right to tell other countries what to do.

I submit that British imperialism is out of date but civic inclusive Scottish nationalism is on the rise. One is positive one is negative and it's not difficult to work out which is which.

JOE