Howard Marks obituary: 'Britain's most charming drug smuggler'

Re:Howard Marks obituary: 'Britain's most charming drug smug... by arethuza on Monday April 11, 2016 @08:09AM (#11470961)

"last 300 years of Scotland's history are one long human rights abuse"

Apart from sectarian bigotry, which I don't think was ever quite as institutionalized as it was in NI, what human rights abuses are you referring to in the last ~100 years?

As a "Yes" voting Scot I have to say that I think the rights of Scots were treated with great respect by the rest of the UK - we wanted a referendum for independence and we got one.

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Re:Howard Marks obituary: 'Britain's most charming drug smug... by pidg on Monday April 11, 2016 @10:53AM (#11471874)

I suspect '300 years' takes us back to 1707 and the Acts of Union.

I think most (not 'some') people would disagree with the hardline nationalist view that we've endured 300 years of human rights abuses since then.

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