Crùbag Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 40 minutes ago, Rod1877 said: If you want to be taken seriously, don't include nonsense like this. The openDemocracy article is also sensationalised drivel with its claims of "shadowy" Christian groups, "dark money" and the startling revelation that Kate Forbes had an internship with an MSP five years before becoming an MSP. Let me hear your arguments. The Wee Frees - the numerous varieties of them - are zealots and extremists. I've lived in Lewis, speak the language and even here in the Lowlands have had friends come back from church services with their kids' ears smarting from threats of eternal damnation and hellfire. I don't see anything 'sensational' about yon article - tantamount has come from Forbes' own mouth. If she's elected, both the SNP and Scotland will be a laughing stock. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrbridgeSaintee Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Crùbag said: Let me hear your arguments. The Wee Frees - the numerous varieties of them - are zealots and extremists. I've lived in Lewis, speak the language and even here in the Lowlands have had friends come back from church services with their kids' ears smarting from threats of eternal damnation and hellfire. I don't see anything 'sensational' about yon article - tantamount has come from Forbes' own mouth. If she's elected, both the SNP and Scotland will be a laughing stock. I’m a member of the Free Church. If you’d like to know what we really believe then feel free to ask. You’re probably best doing it in the theology thread on GN.. make sure and tag me. Edited February 28, 2023 by CarrbridgeSaintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 18 minutes ago, CarrbridgeSaintee said: I’m a member of the Free Church. If you’d like to know what we really believe then feel free to ask. You’re probably best doing it in the theology thread on GN.. make sure and tag me. Ok, here's an example. Was working with Comann Eachdraidh Nis a couple of decades ago up in Lewis. A local bodach who'd been sunk twice in WWII had gone on Radio nan Gaidheal to talk about it. He was castigated for 'vanity' by the local FC. Right or wrong? I'm also old enough to remember the Lord Mackay 'scandal'. He was disciplined for attending a funeral of a Catholic friend. Right or wrong? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 9 minutes ago, Crùbag said: Ok, here's an example. Was working with Comann Eachdraidh Nis a couple of decades ago up in Lewis. A local bodach who'd been sunk twice in WWII had gone on Radio nan Gaidheal to talk about it. He was castigated for 'vanity' by the local FC. Right or wrong? I'm also old enough to remember the Lord Mackay 'scandal'. He was disciplined for attending a funeral of a Catholic friend. Right or wrong? Your first example is recent, if you can call twenty years recent and the two funerals Mackay went to were in 1986 and 1988 so there are of some interest. My favourite Mackay story is the one involving a gathering for the Faculty of Advocates, Mackay had laid on a spread of tea and toast, complete with a tiny pot of honey. One of the lawyers in attendance contemplated the pot and remarked, "I see your Lordship keeps a bee." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrbridgeSaintee Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 22 minutes ago, Crùbag said: Ok, here's an example. Was working with Comann Eachdraidh Nis a couple of decades ago up in Lewis. A local bodach who'd been sunk twice in WWII had gone on Radio nan Gaidheal to talk about it. He was castigated for 'vanity' by the local FC. Right or wrong? I'm also old enough to remember the Lord Mackay 'scandal'. He was disciplined for attending a funeral of a Catholic friend. Right or wrong? I'd need to know more details about the vanity thing, but I doubt it was simple as you put it. The Free Church wouldn't castigate someone merely for doing what you said. The Lord Mackay thing wasn't the Free Church. It was the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, CarrbridgeSaintee said: I'd need to know more details about the vanity thing, but I doubt it was simple as you put it. The Free Church wouldn't castigate someone merely for doing what you said. The Lord Mackay thing wasn't the Free Church. It was the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. There's 5 varieties of Calvinism on Lewis alone - the Free Church, the Free Church (Continuing), the Associated Presbyterian Churches, the Free Presbyterian Church and the Church of Scotland. It's a splitters paradise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 19 minutes ago, sophia said: My favourite Mackay story is the one involving a gathering for the Faculty of Advocates, Mackay had laid on a spread of tea and toast, complete with a tiny pot of honey. One of the lawyers in attendance contemplated the pot and remarked, "I see your Lordship keeps a bee." A fine anecdote, one that I only posted myself not even a week passed, so I did to be sure. (I haven't had a stroke btw, I'm watching The Banshees of Inisherin). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 51 minutes ago, Crùbag said: Ok, here's an example. Was working with Comann Eachdraidh Nis a couple of decades ago up in Lewis. A local bodach who'd been sunk twice in WWII had gone on Radio nan Gaidheal to talk about it. He was castigated for 'vanity' by the local FC. Right or wrong? I'm also old enough to remember the Lord Mackay 'scandal'. He was disciplined for attending a funeral of a Catholic friend. Right or wrong? Serious question, do you think the poster you are replying to (who joined this football site in December and has posted almost exclusively in the politics forum) is genuinely a member of the Free Church as they claim, or might they be an internet troll? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod1877 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Crùbag said: Let me hear your arguments. The Wee Frees - the numerous varieties of them - are zealots and extremists. I've lived in Lewis, speak the language and even here in the Lowlands have had friends come back from church services with their kids' ears smarting from threats of eternal damnation and hellfire. I don't see anything 'sensational' about yon article - tantamount has come from Forbes' own mouth. If she's elected, both the SNP and Scotland will be a laughing stock. Arguments for what? You said that Kate Forbes' church thinks that adulterers should face the death penalty. It doesn't. So, again, if you want the rest of what you say to be taken seriously refrain from indulging in palpable nonsense. As for your subsequent anecdotes, the first sounds incredibly unlikely, and Lord Mackay was not a member of the Free Church. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 What a risible shower the SNP have become. Imagine the outrage if the nAsTy ToRiEzZzZz had a media blackout of their recent leadership hustings. They deserve everything coming their way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonapersona Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, Elixir said: What a risible shower the SNP have become. Imagine the outrage if the nAsTy ToRiEzZzZz had a media blackout of their recent leadership hustings. They deserve everything coming their way. I'm trying to imagine the outrage. That's as far as I got. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 37 minutes ago, Elixir said: What a risible shower the SNP have become. Imagine the outrage if the nAsTy ToRiEzZzZz had a media blackout of their recent leadership hustings. They deserve everything coming their way. They probably should have done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 End of the day they are speaking to members of the party, not the voters or the country. On the other hand, there is absolutely no doubt they will do one, footage will leak out, outraged twitter threads will be written and they will revise their plans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 57 minutes ago, Elixir said: What a risible shower the SNP have become. Imagine the outrage if the nAsTy ToRiEzZzZz had a media blackout of their recent leadership hustings. They deserve everything coming their way. On 27/02/2023 at 13:14, alta-pete said: Don't you worry your pretty little head about that. The Murrells will get the result they want. Telt ye’s… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, alta-pete said: Telt ye’s… There's a debate on STV on March 7th, probably more to be announced. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, welshbairn said: There's a debate on STV on March 7th, probably more to be announced. That's what the shadowy Murrell conspiracy wants you to think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 The increasingly right-wing local rag isn't happy about it. Highland News & Media's offer to facilitate a hustings during the SNP leadership race still stands despite the party's decision to ban journalists from such events. Candidates Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan have all indicated they have no problem with the media attending hustings. The party said the decision was so that the leadership hopefuls could have a "safe space" when addressing SNP members. HNM head of content and audience Sarah Fyfe said: "Holding politicians to account is one of the cornerstones of good journalism. That's why we've extended an offer to the SNP for Highland News & Media to facilitate, broadcast, and cover the cost of a debate in the Highlands. "Dualling the A9 and A96, the reduction in maternity services in rural locations, and the R100 broadband programme are all live issues that affect our readers. We were surprised to hear that the SNP have decided to hold their hustings behind closed doors – it will undoubtedly lead people across the country to wonder what they have to hide. We hope they reconsider, and I'd like to take this opportunity to say publicly: our offer still stands." Other media outlets have also challenged the SNP's decision. HNM managing director Steve Barron said: "Safe spaces are for the vulnerable, not for those standing to lead our country. For only a small number of SNP members to be granted access to watch the contenders to be our next First Minister debate each other suggests that command and control is more important than transparency." Expect about a dozen Facebook posts from them tomorrow whingeing about 'woke' safe spaces. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Malkmus Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 9 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: The increasingly right-wing local rag isn't happy about it. These c***s have gone right off the deep end in the last few months. I've never seen a paper be so proud of a photoshop as they are of their A9 gravestone picture 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 52 minutes ago, renton said: That's what the shadowy Murrell conspiracy wants you to think. StuAnon #thestormiscoming 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Stephen Malkmus said: These c***s have gone right off the deep end in the last few months. I've never seen a paper be so proud of a photoshop as they are of their A9 gravestone picture Their editor must have wanked himself silly when Ross held up that front page in parliament. Veering to the right editorially must be their new strategy after recently being forced to shutter half of their newspapers. I know I shouldn't look at it, but their FB page is just a constant stream of Daily Mail-esque faux outrage. I'm sure they have the same few "What about the A9!/potholes!/cyclists!/gypsies!/trans people!" headlines on rotation every day. All exclusively commented on by the same cabal of weirdo gammons. Edited February 28, 2023 by Sherrif John Bunnell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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