jist w'ant tae share a few thoughts..
WHAT IF
The bad monsters come..
After a democratic vote of YES, the English do what is common practise for the UK and embargo us.. run up an import tax to 'teach us a lesson'.. strangle the interest rate in their favor at times when it will hurt us Scots the most.
We WILL survive.. By the great grace of God, the eyes of men have seen the Scots know how to survive!
WHAT IF
England is in need.. if after some bitterness, do we be internationally graceful? I don't know.
The Empire is dying or dead.. once Great Britain was something to be proud of.. England with His Queens of Wales and reluctant Ireland and reluctant, but deigning Scotland.. his Daughters.. Canada, Australia, Belize, Brunei, Guyana, Singapore,.. and His Son New Zealand.
His Beloved Step-Daughters, India, Kenya, Burma, Malaysia, Hong Kong; who returns to her Father but is permitted to love still.
The Daughters who rebelled America, Egypt, Pakistan.
If anyone tells you the Empire wasn't Great, please don't believe them.. they should have taught us who these people were.. who these countries were in school.. if you travel to see those 'Daughters' the people will welcome you, like you are a long lost relative ..coming home after a long journey. But we were not taught who these people and their culture were in school, let alone our shared history.. Margaret Thatcher smashed any ties England and Scotland had.. I use the example I feel is most fitting ..Lex Luthor with a cane on the glass map of the San Andreas fault. But because we rejected her, she was spiteful and destroyed 200 year old links between our two countries.
Scottish Inventions.. were sublime for 300 years.. we invented it and the English poured it into the world and the Empire.. we are stone cold geniuses when it comes to engineering.
What did we need.. work. plain and simple work.. a way for our talents to be used in a way we enjoy..honest labour..but he failed so many times trying to get 'something together'.. excuses 'I'll have something together for you by next year' .. that next year never came.
When we suggested to him.. we want this, instantly the reply was no.. as if, becuase we had to ask for the permission, he had to use the authority..always. no Husband can do that, not one.. why? becuase then she feels she has no value and that is not the point of a marriage by any measure.
Scotland is a Sovereign Nation .. we told England with TWO one million man marches, we did NOT want war.. Scotia is a Regal Queen..ONCE should be sufficient.
Ignore and deny.. He keeps doing this over and over again, we have no way to win and so we just let Him keep doing it over and over again and He gets His way.. we have no voice in Him that He respects, but when America speaks He listens, an unelected body governs in place of the people of this land.. we said 'no war' America said 'yes war'.. war happened.
Thats a simple truth.
Hey, I would have loved 10 years ago to have close ties to America but since then I studied
.. Bush Sr the war criminal.. goes unpunished.. Westminster KEEP obeying American politicians..who have NO right to even SPEAK about home policies.. people in america don't like politics and don't pay attention.. even worse they become angry if you try to raise the topic.
So what if Americans want to lower our price of oil.. well thats just a short trip to Westminster to tell their MP lackies what to do and how to do it. Frankly and realistically.. we need some friends in the middle east.
Our closest relative in the 'middle east' as Scots is Turkey.. She is Gaulic like us..but she doesn't have oil and she hasn't spoken to us much for over 1000 years. To those who don't know Anatolia is a vast mountain range which was the province of Galicia.. imagine not, some wee guy dirty in a cave 2000 years ago..but modern people, who travelled caught fish to eat and hunted yes, but took holidays and made relatives in our Turkish province.. like modern camping and travelling. Life wasn't as hard as some might imagine, because the skills we lost are the ones they were taught from childhood. .. hungry? go catch a fish, there's plenty.. thirsty? distill some rainwater or find the highest mountain and find a stream.
but I digress
IT IS WRONG for England to be ignorant.
IT IS WRONG for England to OBEY America.
IT IS WRONG that we are told we cannot do what we know we can.
IT IS RIGHT to have democracy.
IT IS RIGHT to have control of our own money.
IT IS RIGHT to control our international policies.
perhaps He has the right to punish us also.. I mean we are the one who is leaving Him..but I tried and tried and he just didn't listen.. over and over i told him what i wanted.. but my desires are just not good enough for him.. and He prefers the company of our renegade Daughter.. imagine that.. a child having power over a parent what kind of ego-trip would that send the child on??.. well we see it all too often in America's case.
IT IS WRONG for us to act like He was nothing.
IT IS WRONG not to remember our Golden Victorian Era together.
IT IS WRONG to forget the good works we did in the world together.
IT IS RIGHT to be kind to our southern neighbours and if need be turn the other cheek also.
IT IS RIGHT to hope for the same kindness we extend Him.
IT IS RIGHT to remember.
I knew I wanted Scotland back..
The first inkling I ever had that Scotland was not the same country as England, was as a child, while travelling back from Ingliston market one rainy Sunday.. over a bridge spray painted were the words:
'ENGLISH GO HOME'
It left an impression on me and when I found out at 14yo what it was all about, I was captivated by the idea, as a grew I learned much more.. the many many English Governmental caveats of the well riffled crypt, like the tossing and turning in the back of a car, it all been seen before every topic..but for fresh eyes, its like lightning knowledge of what was a hidden injustice..now revealed.
I thought I knew and felt the same about nationalism, my patriotism up until I was 30yo .. but then I felt it.. appreciation for what we had done together.. it didn't change my mind or my heart..but it was like the sun came from behind a cloud and I stopped hating Him.. I didn't hate Him anymore, I let go. fair thee well kindly and goodbye.
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