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Originally Posted by aNonnyMoose
I'd tend to agree with Hugh. I don't regard either Celtic or Rangers as Scottish teams, and support neither. Both teams fly a foreign country's flag above their stadium, and I cannot relate to either of them.
They'll both struggle in an Independent Scotland.
The sooner the better!
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Agreed in turn.
Posters, especially those born abroad, who are still in the dark, might just choose to make the effort to read "Empire" by Niall Ferguson and "The British Empire - Sunrise to Sunset" by Philippa Levine, a professor at the University of Southern California.
The bulk of Old Firm supporters born in a country which they pronounce Sco`land probably never will, because of an aggressively Anglicised mindset, inculcated by the North British education system, consider this: "Colonialism`s impact could be felt in every aspect of life: food, language, work and education."
Too true, that`s what I experienced in my youth as the last remaining native Gaelic speaking Celt in an invaded (invaded by those attack dogs, the aggressive North British Teutons from the lowlands) mainland West Highland village in Argyll, the cradle of the Scots. Foreign posters, please note - the original Scots of Argyll spoke Gaelic!
"Levine considers the impact on British rule for people in Africa, India and Australia as well as for the English rulers, and for the Welsh, Scots and Irish who were subject to internal English colonialism under the English yolk.
Imperialism often led to serious unrest."
Yes, and yes again.
Quite frankly, an Old Firm cup final played between English and Irish nationalists continues to lead to the the sort of unrest which we in Scotland can do without. The problem can be solved simply by exporting Rangers F.C. and Celtic F.C. to England, the source of the problem in the first place.
27th January 2008, 14:13
Where are these flags?
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