Remember a few weeks ago when the MSM were reporting most of America intended to boycott Scotland? A website appeared, in fact several sites, Americans were canceling trips to Scotland, refusing to purchases Scottish goods and us Scots were going to sink into poverty and obscurity because we would no longer be friends with the great U S of A.
I have an interest in writing (don't splutter) and I read a few excellent writers' blogs. One of these is the work of Jeanne Tomlin and I noticed last week Jeanne had written a post about the Lockerbie Bomber. I shall quote it in full here along with her reply to me.
Lockerbie Bomber
I normally stay out of politics, but I'm upset enough by things I'm seeing said that this one time I'm giving my strong opinion. Just this once.
Many people seem to be unaware that Lockerbie is in Scotland and that large numbers of Scots were killed in the Lockerbiebombing. A large part of a Scottish town (Lockerbie) was destroyed in that incident.
However, there seems to be nothing surprising in a Americas being unaware of the concept that another country has their own laws and should follow them. Certainly, the concept ofCompassion is unknown in American "justice."
Well, it is part of the legal system of Scotland. They followed their laws, not ours--as they should have. If there were someone to boycott to get this point across, I assure you I would.
I just returned from Scotland. Next year, I will go to Scotland again. And I have sent congratulations to my Scottish friends.
And apologies for the bullying attitude of many Americans, most especially the ridiculous and offensive letter from the head of the FBI indicating that Scots should have followed American law instead of Scottish law and that somehow Scottish law did not matter. SHAME on you, Mr. Mueller. Shame! Shame for telling Scotland they shouldn't have followed their own laws. Shame for trying to bully another country.
And this from a country that waterboards and threatens prisoners with power drills. Oh, we have a LOT to brag about. We execute the mentally ill (Texas is part of this country, right?) and want other countries to follow our example. I think we'd be better off following Scotland's example rather than screaming at them.
America has long acted like a bully in international affairs and this just shows, in my opinion, that a change in administration hasn't changed that--to my sorrow and continued shame.
I assure you that not all Americans are so stupid they are unaware there were Scottish victims of this bombing, that there is doubt the man was even guilty, and that Scotland had the right to make the decision.
Good job standing up to bullies, Mr. MacAskill and Mr. Salmond!
Many people seem to be unaware that Lockerbie is in Scotland and that large numbers of Scots were killed in the Lockerbiebombing. A large part of a Scottish town (Lockerbie) was destroyed in that incident.
However, there seems to be nothing surprising in a Americas being unaware of the concept that another country has their own laws and should follow them. Certainly, the concept ofCompassion is unknown in American "justice."
Well, it is part of the legal system of Scotland. They followed their laws, not ours--as they should have. If there were someone to boycott to get this point across, I assure you I would.
I just returned from Scotland. Next year, I will go to Scotland again. And I have sent congratulations to my Scottish friends.
And apologies for the bullying attitude of many Americans, most especially the ridiculous and offensive letter from the head of the FBI indicating that Scots should have followed American law instead of Scottish law and that somehow Scottish law did not matter. SHAME on you, Mr. Mueller. Shame! Shame for telling Scotland they shouldn't have followed their own laws. Shame for trying to bully another country.
And this from a country that waterboards and threatens prisoners with power drills. Oh, we have a LOT to brag about. We execute the mentally ill (Texas is part of this country, right?) and want other countries to follow our example. I think we'd be better off following Scotland's example rather than screaming at them.
America has long acted like a bully in international affairs and this just shows, in my opinion, that a change in administration hasn't changed that--to my sorrow and continued shame.
I assure you that not all Americans are so stupid they are unaware there were Scottish victims of this bombing, that there is doubt the man was even guilty, and that Scotland had the right to make the decision.
Good job standing up to bullies, Mr. MacAskill and Mr. Salmond!
Reply to my comment on her blog:
And 99.9% of the talk of boycotts was, I'm sorry to say, coverage by the BBC and other publications over there. Unfortunately, I thought it was purely politically motivated.
Look at that nonsense about Harris Tweed taking Scotland out of their advertising. It was totally spurious. And who, one might ask, started THAT story? I challenged several journalists to justify just copying the story without checking whether the individual quoted even had the authority to make such a major change.
Of course, he did not.
Look at that nonsense about Harris Tweed taking Scotland out of their advertising. It was totally spurious. And who, one might ask, started THAT story? I challenged several journalists to justify just copying the story without checking whether the individual quoted even had the authority to make such a major change.
Of course, he did not.
Thank you Jeanne.
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Thank you indeed!
Not all Yanks are daft it seems.
It's interesting to hear the view of an American who knows where Scotland is and has even visited isn't it Dram.
Not all Canadians are daft either. :)
Good to hear, was in Houston a while back and mentioned I was from Scotland, to which the reply was, "that's near Switzerland isn't it". I just said yes as I suppose it is quite near in American terms.
They're an amazing country aren't they FL? The ones I meet are always surprised they can't just visit Scotland for a day and see everything - and they're the intelligent ones.
Great stuff.
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