A Yes vote means better jobs for young people in Scotland

Leanne1812

BillJones wrote: »

In this case we should just partition it. Give the nationalists the North, and the rest the South and central areas. That way everyone's happy.

Bill it could be seen as anti scottish the way you are referring to yes voters as nationalists. I'm voting yes yet I am not a nationalist. I simply feel it's in my country's best interests to look after it's own affairs.

I was on holiday recently for a family wedding. It was all English guests on both sides. One evening we chatted about the referendum and I was told that it was probably best that we chose independence as "they" were fed up subsiding our higher education and free prescriptions. This seems to be a widely held belief and probably fosters ill feeling between the nations. I didn't hold it against them as it's what the media tells people. We might even have a better relationship if we go our own way. I've lost count of the amount of times on this forum I've read of people who would boycott scottish goods and actually wish failure on us if we dare to choose independence. Why?

The_Angry_Jock

Leanne1812 wrote: »

Bill it could be seen as anti scottish the way you are referring to yes voters as nationalists.

You aren't as vocal when you and your pals call no voters unionists.

Leanne1812

The_Angry_Jock wrote: »

You aren't as vocal when you and your pals call no voters unionists.

Which many are but not all. I'm just pointing out that not all yes voters are nationalists either.

Anything constructive to add or are you still just an angry jock?

The_Angry_Jock

Maybe you should add something constructive since I see you're still peddling the same old soundbites you were posting 6 months ago.

Leanne1812

The_Angry_Jock wrote: »

Maybe you should add something constructive since I see you're still peddling the same old soundbites you were posting 6 months ago.

That's it? Oh, that was worth waiting for...

Anyway, I've got more constructive things to do with my time. If my posts encourage voters to go and do a wee bit of research then it's all good. Maybe you should try it instead of pointless posts trying to antagonise people. It's just silly.

The_Angry_Jock

So you have nothing to say and attempting to move off subject by making your ineptitude my problem?

Obviously you've forgotten that I'm here to be convinced, I don't need to be "constructive" because unlike you, I'm not pushing an agenda.

Maybe if you didn't attempt to take some moral high ground in post 281 I would've done the usual and ignored you.

Leanne1812

The_Angry_Jock wrote: »

So you have nothing to say and attempting to move off subject by making your ineptitude my problem?

Obviously you've forgotten that I'm here to be convinced, I don't need to be "constructive" because unlike you, I'm not pushing an agenda.

Maybe if you didn't attempt to take some moral high ground in post 281 I would've done the usual and ignored you.

In your opinion.......you commented and I responded now you've taken your usual tactic of trying to belittle me.

You say you're here to be convinced, listen, you know there are unanswered questions, we all do. We can argue all night about why this is or who is to blame for what. You seem intent on attacking pro independence posts. Posters are trying to inform as best as they can, most better than I admittedly. I can only post my opinions & feelings on this issue. If you don't like it then it's probably best you go back to ignoring me. Cheers.

The_Angry_Jock

In your opinion more like, that's what it always comes down too, you opinion, no facts.

BillJones

Leanne1812 wrote: »

Bill it could be seen as anti scottish the way you are referring to yes voters as nationalists. I'm voting yes yet I am not a nationalist. I simply feel it's in my country's best interests to look after it's own affairs.

Well that's fair enough, but that's pretty much what "nationalism" means. It's not a pejorative term, it's simply, in this debate, the converse of "unionists".

BillJones

Leanne1812 wrote: »

If my posts encourage voters to go and do a wee bit of research then it's all good.

That's an interesting sentence. It always seems rather passive-aggressive when a scots poster starts typing in dialect, and I've pretty much never seen it other than when that's the most likely reason.