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    • Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““Scotland” That’s that third world Juniper republic or ‘the bent tomato’. Just below Angola for civic corruption and just above…Aug 19, 11:17
    • Captain Caveman on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “@Hatey Perhaps you could help me out, as I too must be suffering from “a pitiful excuse of an education”.…Aug 19, 11:17
    • Alf Baird on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““What if independence is the only way to bring about justice?” That would seem a reasonable assumption since a colonized…Aug 19, 10:30
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “On 29th August, the people of Iceland vote on whether accession talks with the EU should be re-opened. The previous…Aug 19, 08:49
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “A smarter poster would have placed that comment elsewhere, twathater. 🙂 But never mind that. Perhaps you could help me…Aug 19, 07:37
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “That’s enough about the drought and the water companies.Aug 19, 07:30
    • Mark Beggan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Schadenfreude. Watching the Academia of Woke ville frantically swim about in their own excrement has got to be up there…Aug 19, 06:38
    • twathater on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “So Jay you said “Too many of the comments made on ‘Wings’ appear as those of an in-fighting rabble who,…Aug 19, 03:54
    • Peter McAvoy on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “The Herald today mentions that more student accommodation is to be built on the site of the former Herald premises…Aug 19, 01:58
    • Alex towns on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Swinney gave it in private but means diddly. He was open about not having a committee membership etc so wasn’t…Aug 19, 00:25
    • Alex towns on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “What utter pish. A indie Scotland would have the same career driven assholes in the same positions making sure they…Aug 19, 00:24
    • Ian Smith on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “If police were made aware that the SNP had pilfered the cash, are they duty bound to sit on their…Aug 18, 23:13
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Aidan, I don’t think that’s what was said. I think the lady simply agreed with James. I think I understand…Aug 18, 23:08
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Marie says: 18 August, 2026 at 2:54 pm “Monarchy – a relic. Time to get rid.” You were doing so…Aug 18, 22:51
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Even if every poster on here agrees with Alf tomorrow that Scotland is a colony, Alf still fails to provide…Aug 18, 22:43
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “If another fit of boredom strikes you, Northy, why don’t you re-write the lawyer’s letter in a superior form? Not…Aug 18, 22:35
    • Hatey McHateface on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Fucks sake, Jay Main. It’s a well-known quote, widely repeated. Why don’t you educate yersel? And yes, if a nation…Aug 18, 22:29
    • Insider on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Aidan 9:24 pm Indeed! And don’t even ask Alf who the publisher of his book is !Aug 18, 22:23
    • Strathglass on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “replying to Northcode (A) OK. not really important in the scheme of things. (B)Ditto. (C) So Police Scotland are saying…Aug 18, 21:39
    • Aidan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “@Alf – if it is the high-quality work you say it is, then why is it published in a student-run…Aug 18, 21:24
    • Aidan on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: ““A distinction is appropriate, here, because Alf has been accused of obsessive references to various writers who deal with Colonialism”…Aug 18, 21:20
    • Alf Baird on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “An extensive summary of the ‘Doun-Hauden’ book’s findings and theoretical framework developed to explain Scotland’s colonial condition, inclusive of extensive…Aug 18, 21:14
    • Spartan 117 on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “I don’t always agree with Alf however he does make compelling points and makes his points without any disrespect or…Aug 18, 20:48
    • Saffron Robe on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “I’m not sure I agree with your conclusion, Stuart. What if independence is the only way to bring about justice?…Aug 18, 20:28
    • James Che on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “The devolved Scottish governance is English by nature and law under legislation and Statues from the Westminster parliament in which…Aug 18, 20:15
    • Northcode on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Police Scotland’s reply… tone, structure, and meaning. This letter is calm, procedural, factual, standard, professional, and non?reactive. It’s exactly what…Aug 18, 19:19
    • Jay on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Anthem and Alanm, your assessment is correct. Thatcher and her associates intended to corrupt potentially democratic politics with a massive…Aug 18, 18:16
    • Northcode on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “You’re wrong, Jay. Alf only references those pioneers of postcolonial theory to punt his book, “Doun-Hauden: The Socio-Political Determinants of…Aug 18, 17:56
    • Jay on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “Confused as to the utility of your comment (referring to J. Arday) for remedy of the ills with which Rev…Aug 18, 17:24
    • James Che on The Land Of Do-As-You-Please: “With Scotland not having a legal parliament of its own, ( as presently its under the legislation and statue’s of…Aug 18, 16:17
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