On 16 September 2011 14:13, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org> wrote:
On Thu, 2011-09-15 at 15:10 +0100, Katie Chan wrote:
There seems to be an unspoken underlying
assumption in this thread that
efforts that can be seem to be directed as appeasing Scottish
nationalists would not at the same time upset unionists.
I'd say that is assuming the "extreme" unionist position; that there is
*only* the United Kingdom, or Great Britain. Those holding such a
position are in a very, very small minority.
"Wikimedia in Scotland" seems like a
fair balance though.
Exactly. Scotland has a well-defined geographic, and cultural, identity.
It isn't "appeasing nationalists" to accept reality.
Oh it's worse than that. It's a well-defined geographic, and cultural,
identity invented by George IV's PR man. The fact that people have
tried to build a nationalist identity around it is vaguely sickening.
"Wikimedia Alba" would at least have the advantage of being a somewhat
authentic identity. Yes I'm aware that traditionally any civilised
lowlander would rather eat their own kidney than have any dealings
with those highland bandits but from what I understand that is no
longer the case (bloody meddling English).
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geni