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    • Captain Caveman on Not So Octopus: ““This song is brilliant lol” …… Riiiiiiiiiiigght. šŸ˜€ Good that we’re finally getting a glimpse of your (ahem) sources, “Geri”.…Apr 10, 12:07
    • Geri on Not So Octopus: “Northcode The knives will no doubt be out for him cause the Union fears him. He “speaks for the millions.…Apr 10, 12:04
    • Captain Caveman on Not So Octopus: ““This country jails ppl” You’ll have to enlighten me where “this country” is for you, “Geri”, given that you don’t…Apr 10, 11:55
    • Geri on Not So Octopus: “This song is brilliant lol “Yer sister knew all along. The enemy was always you” “Stealing from yer own people,…Apr 10, 11:53
    • Captain Caveman on Not So Octopus: “Another imbecilic non-answer from “Geri”. Who is talking about “bombing ppl to fck” (apart from you, natch). The point -…Apr 10, 11:53
    • Aidan on Not So Octopus: “I’m sure you would vote for Tommy Sheridan because you aren’t very bright and that kind of rabble rousing demagoguery…Apr 10, 11:42
    • Geri on Not So Octopus: “Have you thought of bombing them tae fck? A spot of regime change perhaps for being evil dictators? They don’t…Apr 10, 11:38
    • Captain Caveman on Not So Octopus: ““Have we seen the latest Lego song to drop? LOL” “They started the Hollywood meme shit glorifying Top Gun FFS”…Apr 10, 11:37
    • Aidan on Not So Octopus: “In fact, I believe she did call for the complete abolition of prisons, I think she actually used those very…Apr 10, 11:22
    • Geri on Not So Octopus: “Arsey, Have we seen the latest Lego song to drop? LOL You’ve more to worry you than an Independent Scotland’s…Apr 10, 11:16
    • Northcode on Not So Octopus: ““Say what ye like about Tommy Sheridan…” Well said and a good comment, Geri.Apr 10, 11:03
    • Geri on Not So Octopus: “Say what ye like about Tommy Sheridan but he is exactly what Indy needs. He knows his stuff. I remember…Apr 10, 10:54
    • Captain Caveman on Not So Octopus: “How much petty and/or violent crime is there in, say, Dubai – where punishments are dire by our standards and…Apr 10, 10:50
    • Alf Baird on Not So Octopus: “Yes Northcode, ‘codification of justice’ as applied by Memmi refers to the laws as set out and administered according to…Apr 10, 10:41
    • Peter A Bell on Not So Octopus: “Kate Nevens did not call for the “complete abolition of prisons”. Her point was rather more nuanced and perfectly reasonable.…Apr 10, 10:28
    • Northcode on Not So Octopus: ““… codification of justiceā€ (Memmi).” Did you mean to write “the codification of injustice”, Alf?Apr 10, 10:10
    • Aidan on Not So Octopus: “That doesn’t answer my question though Alf, Tommy Sheridan was found guilty of perjury by a jury. Would that not…Apr 10, 10:05
    • diabloandco on Not So Octopus: “Bloody bitch that she is. Sadly the dead can’t defend themselves against that kind of onslaught but what a clever…Apr 10, 10:04
    • Northcode on Not So Octopus: ““The real battle for a people’s liberty is fought in the mind with words… not in the mud with swords.”…Apr 10, 10:02
    • Alf Baird on Not So Octopus: ““his brand of Socialism just would not work” Lorncal, the liberation of the people should not be confused with political…Apr 10, 10:02
    • Alf Baird on Not So Octopus: ““The native seldom looks for justice in the colonial framework”. And in such a society the colonialist “cannot help but…Apr 10, 09:49
    • Geri on Not So Octopus: “The exact same could be said of Westminster & they’re the ones with the powers & keys to the treasury.…Apr 10, 09:46
    • Alf Baird on Not So Octopus: “Well argued, MaryB.Apr 10, 09:32
    • Alf Baird on Not So Octopus: “What we are seeing is colonial governance, and colonialism never works for the benefit of the colonized.Apr 10, 09:28
    • Aidan on Not So Octopus: “@Dan – you haven’t explained why Stu owes this tiny microparty any kind of endorsement, it’s not as if Liberate…Apr 10, 09:19
    • Sven on Not So Octopus: “wally jumblatt @ 07.49. A bit like the period from 2007-2014, Wally, when a certain Mr Salmond steered our ship…Apr 10, 08:54
    • Sven on Not So Octopus: “Colin Dawson @ 22.21. This is what occurs, I believe, in Denmark and Italy (happy to be corrected if in…Apr 10, 08:43
    • Dan on Not So Octopus: “Always the smart arse put downs with you isn’t it. That’s the behaviour of a person capable of reaching /…Apr 10, 07:53
    • wally jumblatt on Not So Octopus: “If ‘the government of Scotland’ was in any way competent, with an excellent education system, an honest judiciary, hard-working civil…Apr 10, 07:49
    • Bilbo on Not So Octopus: “I see Sturgeon still doesn’t know when to keep her gub shut: https://archive.is/3O1L8 It is billed as ā€œan interview like…Apr 10, 07:42
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