tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post229232565633744410..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Scottish Independence and Some Lessons for CanadaSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-36754178703647542792014-09-06T21:01:29.755-04:002014-09-06T21:01:29.755-04:00Sorry pam. The AVERAGE voter is a moron. I'm n...Sorry pam. The AVERAGE voter is a moron. I'm not average. I'm brilliant. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-18676863512365745972014-09-05T01:43:20.552-04:002014-09-05T01:43:20.552-04:00Hmmmmmmm Scotland is about to seperate as Europes&...Hmmmmmmm Scotland is about to seperate as Europes' economy tanks.........timing is everything. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-40814083292194324092014-09-04T10:31:23.792-04:002014-09-04T10:31:23.792-04:00Hi Simon, here's another version of "Cap ...Hi Simon, here's another version of "Cap in Hand" from the yes campaign with its main campaign points. If the PQ had used these (many of them are also popular issues here in Québec) instead of their stupid "Charter" campaign, perhaps they'd have done better. Though of course I'd prefer Québec solidaire doing better... <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNCFR8SqioElagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-21950764327449255172014-09-04T07:39:54.868-04:002014-09-04T07:39:54.868-04:00Anon
I don't share your contempt for the avera...Anon<br />I don't share your contempt for the average voter. You don't of course include yourself in this group. I think the Scots are quite capable of creating a successful country out of their independence. It's not rocket science and Scotland is not a backward village. Your fear of independence is not theirs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-56908625771221841762014-09-04T00:40:39.116-04:002014-09-04T00:40:39.116-04:00hi anon....Everybody wants to have their cake and ...hi anon....Everybody wants to have their cake and eat it too don't they? But as the polls show all the doomsday threats have had the opposite effect. Many Scots seem to feel that independence is worth the risks. And no I don't hear many people in Scotland whining about how they're going to leave the country. If you've ever visited that country I'm sure you understand why. My mum may be English but she does love Scotland, and wouldn't leave it for anything...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-79028694641100428862014-09-04T00:34:45.278-04:002014-09-04T00:34:45.278-04:00hi Steve...any honour Tony Blair receives makes me...hi Steve...any honour Tony Blair receives makes me want to vomit. Even one as small as that one. But yes everybody should sign that petition. Even if the nomination is in the same category as GQ's award to Blair...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-25756975112163560842014-09-04T00:31:04.837-04:002014-09-04T00:31:04.837-04:00hi anon....thanks for all those Churchill quotes, ...hi anon....thanks for all those Churchill quotes, I think he was a true giant, and a great man. Even if he was a Conservative. ;)<br />But look I don't deny that the Scots and the English have shared many things together. Including many trenches. But the NO side should have plucked that chord instead of pounding the fear key over and over again. Because if it does lose that will be a big part of the reason. But as I've pointed out in this post and others, the main reason so many Scots want to secede is because they have more of a social democratic tradition, and the Cameron Cons are trying to bury that tradition in Britain...<br />Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-71373543983064450342014-09-03T21:03:20.989-04:002014-09-03T21:03:20.989-04:00Just curious.
Just before the last Quebec vote in...Just curious. <br />Just before the last Quebec vote in 1996 . When things looked like it might go in favour of separation. THOUSANDS of Quebecers rushed out to apply for Canadian Passports........................<br /><br />Anyone know if Scots are doing the ame?<br /><br /> Just curious if the Scots are "wanting their cake while eating it" too....?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-85795903735533838242014-09-03T19:34:47.408-04:002014-09-03T19:34:47.408-04:00Go Scotland dont let Tony Blair being named GQ man...Go Scotland dont let <a href="http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.ca/2011/06/dr-kelly-still-dead.html" rel="nofollow">Tony Blair </a>being named GQ man of the year change your mind.<br /><br />Harper thinks this just about seals the deal for his Nobel prize,<br />http://www.change.org/p/norwegian-nobel-committee-deny-the-nomination-of-pm-stephen-harper-for-2014-nobel-peace-prize?recruiter=6636926Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-3550902825582388202014-09-03T19:31:18.548-04:002014-09-03T19:31:18.548-04:00Well if we are going to quote Prime Ministers........Well if we are going to quote Prime Ministers......<br /><br />"“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” <br />― Winston Churchill"<br />The average voter is an uninformed fool.<br /><br />"Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.” <br />― Winston Churchill <br />The average Yes voter wont listen to cold , hard facts.<br /><br />"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery..” <br />― Winston Churchill <br />Socialism is a failed "experiment". get over it.<br /><br />"“I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” <br />― Winston Churchill <br />Good luck with higher taxes cause thats where Scotland the "Free" is headed<br /><br />"“Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.” <br />― Winston Churchill <br />Hmmmmm, another example of the "terrible" English treating the Scots poorly......<br /><br />""How tired one gets of the well-worn cliché ‘the full-hearted consent of the people’. What exactly is meant by this? Referenda for every important piece of legislation? If this was the case, we would have no Race Relations Act, immigration would have been stopped, abortions would still be illegal and hanging still be in force. All these laws were passed not only without this full-hearted consent nonsense, but, if the polls are to be believed, in the face of a determined 70 to 80 per cent. of the electors' wishes to the contrary."<br />Winston Churchill<br /><br />Once again, the average voter is a crowd following, simplistic buffoon that will wave the flag, drink some grog and wake up the next days with a massive hangover and abosolutely no idea of what they have done. <br />But it will be someone elses fault. Not theirs.<br /><br />Good Luck Scotland . Yer gonna need a ton of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-75894979075532067832014-09-03T18:01:32.671-04:002014-09-03T18:01:32.671-04:00Delusional youth voting for something they barely ...Delusional youth voting for something they barely understand.<br /> Lets see if they can win against the pensioners, the employed, the rationally intelligent...........<br /> But, not to worry "Yes" side. Even when you lose, you will still spin the results to make a loss sound like a victory and , of course.<br />You will drag the "Neverenddumb" back out in a few years time like the Quebec traitors.<br /><br />And if you do "win".<br /> You will deserve the economic ruin and 3rd world country status that will befall you.<br /><br />Just don't come whining back to "Jolly old Blighty" . We're busy in the real world.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-51043306523486472272014-09-03T08:07:37.146-04:002014-09-03T08:07:37.146-04:00"Canada was created out of audacity" Sir..."Canada was created out of audacity" Sir Robert Borden<br />I think if a referendum were held tomorrow, Canadians would vote yes to completely severing ties with the British monarchy. To fight for ones independence whether as a person or a country is fundamental to a life worth living.<br />A simple 3 letter word , yes, will give Scots their liberty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-72383521660682472712014-09-03T07:02:20.779-04:002014-09-03T07:02:20.779-04:00Well, personally I'd rather say oui to Québec,...Well, personally I'd rather say oui to Québec, but the PQ went of on its silly "Charter" tangent, turning off young people and néo-Québécois in droves, and Québec solidaire's progress has been far too slow. <br /><br />I wish best of luck to the Scots. Do hope the SSP can recover from the Tommy Sheridan débâcle; they are very much involved in the Yes campaign. lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.com