tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post5244476589280123158..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Enemies and opponentsJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-29042191264675455702014-12-02T14:31:44.431+00:002014-12-02T14:31:44.431+00:00"Difference of opinion? Or division. Isn'...<i>"Difference of opinion? Or division. Isn't it all much the same thing?"</i><br /><br />Well, saying that a country is 'divided' sounds rather worse than saying that there are differences of opinion, don't you think? And you do keep banging on about divisions in a way which suggests that they are rather more than differences of opinion.<br /><br />As for the rest of your comment, I'm not going to respond. This post wasn't about the Welsh language and this is not the place to debate that. As I've said before, I expect comments to be in some way relevant to the subject, not to go off on tangents, which is one of the reasons that some of your comments don't get published on this blog. Please pursue your language hobby horse somewhere else.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-36699495862163076952014-12-02T13:38:50.813+00:002014-12-02T13:38:50.813+00:00@12.35
Difference of opinion? Or division. Isn...@12.35<br /><br />Difference of opinion? Or division. Isn't it all much the same thing? Happy to call such whatever you wish. But the impact of such differences should never be ignored.<br /><br />As for the specific matter of language I have no objections to hundreds of languages being spoken just as they are throughout the majority of English towns and cities. To set a limit of two seems absurd and elitist.<br /><br />No, the issue I object to is when language impacts upon matters work and welfare. If you want to speak French in Belgium you are expected to work in a French speaking area. Welfare rights are thus restricted to a matter of plain common sense. Similarly so in Switzerland, Singapore and most other countries.<br /><br />Only in Wales can you benefits for speaking one language over another in areas where that language is neither used nor likely ever to be used, be it English or Welsh.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-41925358765957641382014-12-02T12:35:05.799+00:002014-12-02T12:35:05.799+00:00"What we now have in Scotland is a divided na...<i>"What we now have in Scotland is a divided nation. Divided by 'independence'. Much like Northern Ireland divided by religion and Wales divided by language.</i><br /><br />There are differences of opinion on lots of issues in lots of nations. Calling these 'divisions' is usually the response of those demanding that everyone else falls in behind one particular world view. <br /><br />Wales is 'divided' by language only in the minds of those who seek to impose their own world view on the rest of us. Most of us are quite happy to accept that Wales is a country in which two languages are spoken and in which that difference should be respected and celebrated.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-62080987872953629512014-12-02T12:12:13.763+00:002014-12-02T12:12:13.763+00:00I've yet to see any evidence of the impact the...I've yet to see any evidence of the impact these high profile interventions had on the Scottish independence debate. <br /><br />Yes, it all made for 'news' because, in truth, there wasn't much other news to report. So, in terms of news reporting the impact of Gordon Brown's intervention was significant. But in terms of voting and voter influence the impact was negligible. But no newspaper or TV station would ever wish to report such.<br /><br />What we now have in Scotland is a divided nation. Divided by 'independence'. Much like Northern Ireland divided by religion and Wales divided by language.<br /><br />I'd say an out and out, outright victory for the divide and rule enthusiasts occupying the rest of the UK.<br /><br />That's true democracy at work!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-7343590947534729572014-12-02T11:32:00.790+00:002014-12-02T11:32:00.790+00:00Your right John (though, I'm not sure he '...Your right John (though, I'm not sure he 'saved' the financial situation either). Frankly an appalling self-centred, conceited man.<br /><br />Mandedelsson's words are truly dripping with spite. For which, this time I love him.<br /><br />Brown has jumped before being pushed out by the SNP and he's gone to play with his 1% elite - the elite which he as much as anyone helped create and cravenly gave into.<br /><br />Gordon Brown - a very little man.<br /><br /><br />M.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com