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Posted on March 14, 2018 by

For Jim – one of the greats – and for us, for now. RIP.

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    • Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “How do you know what size mine is? Or how effective a weapon it is? “Why else would blighty &…” Oct 20, 21:00
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    • Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “@Lorncal In “No Country For Old Men” the author writes that back in the fifties of the last century, the…” Oct 20, 20:49
    • Geri on Faces In Sand: “They’re well & truly kicking yer arse eh? That’s what you call gubbed. It’s delicious that it’s on all three…” Oct 20, 20:36
    • GM on Faces In Sand: “I second that.” Oct 20, 20:33
    • Geri on Faces In Sand: “Those shite stirring bastards are in every single country, fae the Balkans tae the Middle East, noising up the locals,…” Oct 20, 20:21
    • Lorncal on Faces In Sand: “Northcode: you are right up to a point. We would have had Darien had it been successful and we would…” Oct 20, 20:05
    • Lorncal on Faces In Sand: “H McH: yes, I agree that the circumstances were a bit different in the past, but even in the relatively…” Oct 20, 19:53
    • Northcode on Faces In Sand: “Sam, none of my comments referred to slavery — my point was about co-opted elites, imperial agency, and national sovereignty.” Oct 20, 19:28
    • MaryB on Faces In Sand: “Watching the Covid enquiry report on C4 news. I’m reminded that Nicola behaved similarly to England and the care homes…” Oct 20, 19:13
    • Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““Neither would it have been abolished” Let me just fix that for you, sam: “Neither would it have been made…” Oct 20, 18:44
    • Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “Well known that the LNM supports the SNP. Her pic is all over some of the merchandise. So yes, as…” Oct 20, 18:31
    • sam on Faces In Sand: “The Scottish people, outside the elite, participated in slavery as sailors,dockworkers and plantation overseers. Doctors worked on plantations. Many in…” Oct 20, 18:14
    • Aidan on Faces In Sand: ““Rev, David Henry suggests at 3.28 hours in the Sunday 18th October youtube of the SSRG conference that MI5 blocked…” Oct 20, 18:03
    • Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: “Woohoo, Geri’s back! I guess this means the Ir@nian medievalists have restored some internet connectivity to the citizens of that…” Oct 20, 17:41
    • Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““private or chartered projects that lacked the institutional, diplomatic and military structures that define colonial sovereignty” I’m sure that fine…” Oct 20, 17:38
    • sarah on Faces In Sand: “Rev, David Henry suggests at 3.28 hours in the Sunday 18th October youtube of the SSRG conference that MI5 blocked…” Oct 20, 16:34
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    • Captain Caveman on Faces In Sand: “”… modernism/neoMarxism/oppressor-oppressed nonsense that, if they had one critical braincell, they would question and refute. However, so powerful a hold…” Oct 20, 15:26
    • Northcode on Faces In Sand: “Sam, yes — the Knight case is an important moment in Scots legal history. It’s just not related to the…” Oct 20, 15:23
    • sam on Faces In Sand: “Northcode, For your information. Posted earlier further up the thread. In 1778 Scots law rejected slavery. The Court of Session…” Oct 20, 15:00
    • Northcode on Faces In Sand: “I’m not debating intent or moral responsibility. My point throughout has been purely structural: participation by elites is not the…” Oct 20, 14:41
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    • Hatey McHateface on Faces In Sand: ““thus establishing that no person could be held as a slave under Scots law” Fascinating. Take the underage Scottish lassies,…” Oct 20, 14:08
    • sam on Faces In Sand: “Robert Wedderburn was the illegitimate child of James Wedderburn and a black slave, Rosanna. His early life shaped his attitudes…” Oct 20, 14:03
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