A Salute to the Late Wardog

Hallo,

I followed WarDog's pro-independence blog for quite sometime until certain elements brought him down in flames: The Scotsman, The Herald, et al. Unfortunately, he was in a position where his job and his livlihood could be threatened. Not all of us are vulnerable to such threats, I'm happy to say.

Why did this happen? Some say it was because he called a certain Honorable James Murphy, MP, a c**t. Now, I happen to prefer to refer to even Mr. Murphy by more civil terms, but threatening a man's job because he uses an obscenity one now hears on the schoolyard is unlikely. I find it unlikely the editors and reporters at those newspapers were all that shocked that a blogger used an obscenity in reference to a politician--something that happens every day of the week.

Very possibly it was really because he made numerous FOI requests and revealed what many didn't want known about the recent Glasgow North East by-election, that the news had ignored important information about that election. Labour probably lost 7% of their vote share.

Whatever the reason, it became very clear that certain newspapers and politicians want to stop to pro-independence bloggers, the only source of news not controlled by pro-union partisanship. As someone who is in a position that I can not be intimidated, I'll take up the banner and give my own views on independence for Scotland and the fight for it.

So let me start with the most basic question? Why do I think Scotland should be independent?

On the most basic level, simply because all nations do best when they stand on their own feet, take care of their own business and pay their own way. Scotland is more than capable of doing this and should be able to do so. Not only should be able, but has a responsibility to as do all people. It's being a grownup to take care of yourself and your own.

Next time, I'll look at some other arguments for and maybe even against.

Slàinte mhor a h-uile là a chi 's nach fhaic!