:smile: That's really nice Javi! I'm so glad your experience with Scotland and the Scots has been so positive so far. May it always be so. The Scottis...
I try to avoid expletives when I can, and I have always used 'oh, in the name of the wee man!' No idea who the wee man is but it's a good replacement ...
I agree with the majority of your description of the current sociopolitical situation in Scotland but, I would emphasize that Scotland has never voted...
Ah, I begin to understand your condition better. Your main problems are with the man you see when you look in the mirror. An arsehole is a very effici...
Fair enough, but you have mistaken my incredulous response to your comment about the British civilising the Scots, for one of personal offense towards...
You come across to me as some kind of bitter and twisted personality. Your arrogance reminds me of an aristocratic attitude. The points you make are j...
You can feel anger towards their personal hypocrisy rather than feel personal shame. I fluctuate between these two emotions when I consider particular...
Yeah, but there is also the old comment "There are lies, damn lies and then statistics." I will wait to hear from actual Basque groups. Have you gaine...
Subjective opinion, do I agree with you on this point ........ meh! I have typed about the positive and negative historical record of Scotland, so in ...
I am sure there are many Spanish families alive today that can trace their ancestry back to tribes like the Tartessos. Many Scots are very proud, when...
I did not suggest YOU should personally apologise, nor did I suggest that I should personally apologise for being born Scottish. I would apologise cul...
Right back at you! People who offer poor excuses for atrocious historical behaviour by the historical Spanish nation. :roll: Britain was their greates...
Initially yes, based on: The history of Spain dates to the Antiquity when the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula ma...
I am sure you know Mr Bitter better than I do. He can always clarify if he wants to. I have no problem with windups but if they become indistinguishab...
The moors and the Iberian Christian kingdoms were technically equal adversaries, there is historical balance there. The Romans were also equal adversa...
It seems to me that you agree with my viewpoints on this issue more than you disagree but you have some bizarre national pride piffle going on in your...
I am not suggesting that the buildings in Glasgow built on the proceeds of human slavery, or built on the profits of the use and abuse of the indigeno...
You show your ignorance of the history of these islands. If you demonstrated accurate historical knowledge of the various peoples that have held power...
Columbus is in reality a footnote. He was interested in obtaining status and wealth for himself and his family. He is merely a character involved at t...
Only those Americans that don't accept the same 'national legacy of responsibility,' that I concur with. I am not personally responsible because I hav...
I have no hatred towards the English (apart from historically), they have to deal with an even more horrific world stage legacy. I enjoy being challen...
I like to think that I would have fought and killed Scots who were involved in the slave trade. I think there is no harm in trying to see ourselves in...
I reject the term united kingdom and I reject the term 'Britain.' The term 'Great' Britain is an embarassing joke to me. I have absolutely no commonal...
I am a Scot that advocates against that current state of affairs and will continue to do so. I did not take part in any of the events you mention, and...
Best you ask citizens of the UK. I am Scottish and If I was lecturing, I would be in a university in front of students. I type from a position of not ...
It was put best by whoever said: "When they came, we had the land and they had their god. Soon after, they had our land and we had their god." Columbu...
Ah, that's ok then. That IS what they are reporting here, sorry, I should have been more accurate. The way things are just now, if you could leave the...
Yeah but: "Early in the 19th century there were more than 50 whisky distilleries on Arran, most of them illegal and carefully hidden from the eyes of ...
Do they sell Cumberland sausage? Most highlanders hate the name Cumberland, due to a fat prick called the Duke of Cumberland. https://www.nam.ac.uk/si...
Only a gay Scottish sheepdog would be called skip (or perhaps a tough one brought up in Australia). I'm not sure what a 'British' dog is. I would imag...
Hey you guys! Stop stealing our names for stuff and ...... and ...... places man! That's just buuuuuullllllll SHIT! Choose your own f****** names, ain...
Scary times! I hope @"Jamal"'s next post on TPF is sent on his journey away from Russia. Things are either going to get much, much worse for everyone ...
As a whisky lover, I have some attraction to T Clarks suggestion. I personally think the best whisky made on Arran can hardly compete with the average...
Yeah, Arran's ok, not exactly Glasgow night life but ok by island folk standard. They should try to stick it back on to the peninsular however then pe...
Help ma boab! What's a piece o land that looks like a boaby called in Scotland? Perhaps @"Jamal" would translate for you Can you spot it below: Clue: ...
Here's a picture of big Jock Cox who lived on that island for years until he lost his hair and became a shadow of his former self: https://th.bing.com...
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