A Tribute to Scotland

I read about an Important. World. Issue. in the news, and I thought I'd give it a go on a video. Enjoy :)

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• scotland
• independance
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[sopharsogood]

Dear Gothic Punk and other haters.

Holy hell. What is your problem? Did I do anything to you. Did I say I was an expert? No. Did I say that I was basically quoting yahoo? Yes. Is that a reputable source? No. Am I writing my doctoral thesis, nay, even a editorial about Scotland. No.

I saw it. It interested me. If I wanted to get roasted, by some "gothic-piper" punk, I would have specified it.

Get a life.

[Nerdfest1989]

Anyway i just checked and it is legally impossible for scotland to split without an act from westminster. 1 in the law setting up the scottish parliament there are "reserved matters" things only westminster can do this includes constitutional matters.

[sopharsogood]

But...then how did Canada split from England. We ratified the constitution and brought it home in 1982. I don't think it is impossible

[Nerdfest1989]

I bet this canadian bimbo thinks that England and Scotland became 1 country as a result of an evil english invasion

[sopharsogood]

Um, I am a history major...so I don't really appreciate that. You want the honest truth. I saw it on Yahoo News, or a link on some unreliable site and took an interest in it. I know NOTHING about it.

[stevenm1320]

I'm not having a go at you but some of the things you say are innacurate. Scotland has roughly 5 million people resident within her borders. A lot of Scottish people have went to England and indeed all over the world but the actual population at any one time is around 5 million, not 2.5 million as you stated. Look at other small nations like Ireland or Norway or Sweden. Are they too small to govern themselves?

[sopharsogood]

No, I don't think that they are, after thinking about this for a while...Canada has a huge land mass and a pretty small population in comparison to how much land we have....so I don't think that they would have trouble governing themselves.

[megalomarc]

Vive l'Écosse libre !

Vive le Québec libre !

[herbiemann87]

You shouldn't give you're opinions on topics which you know nothing at all about - you're a prime target for abuse. Stopped listening after your spouting on the "similarites" between (1200 year old nation) scotland and quebec (the remains of european imperial colony) and that scotland's 5 million is split between there and england. What on earth have you been reading or watching or listening to in order for you to come to these conclusions? seriously?

[stuboy19]

Sorry, Canadian. Whatever

[stuboy19]

Sorry doll, you're not Scottish. You're American

[mitch120000]

well

sarahMLP course you get it free we down south have ot pay for it all we don't get free university placements wer always getting shafted.

[Typhoon07]

*cringes*

We have 6 million in Scotland and you don't need a huge population to become a successful country. Ireland, Norway are two examples of relatevly small populated countries but have a high standard of living.

As for supporting ourselves. We have the north sea oil with has something like £850 billion worth left. Along with plenty of farmland and other other ways of making money too.

[sarahMLP]

Yes there are huge differences in culture, Education and historical values to name but two..

[sarahMLP]

It's Gaelic! and yes there are still communites that use it as their first language.

[sarahMLP]

By the way, do not take my spelling mistakes as an indication of the standard of education I received in Edinburgh...I don't have my glasses on LOL!

[sarahMLP]

Interesting video. I am half Scots/half English and I have spent the majority of my life Un Edinburgh, Scotland. There are already huge differences in Education, for example fees for University are paid for you if you are 'Scottish citizen' the standard of the education is also second to none. The cost of NHS services such as drug prescriptions are also much cheaper in Scotland compared to England. Do I think total independance would be beneficial? Yes and No. Depends on finacial implications