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well now newmagnie, i asked almost the same question about the support received had the person been unemployed and had mental health issues, i promptly got shot down in flames for asking irrelevant questions.

all too true. backslapping, welcomed and applauded. Asking questions, hooever, seemed tantamount tae sacrilidge.

Didna maiter whit da question wis, it got attacked.

maybe some o those questions may be able tae be answered now wi things being less heated. especially since maist o those dat took ower da forum cause o da sakchai thing seem tae hae left us noo - nae longevity perhaps

i've got sum herbaliser and cinematic orchestra, but i noticed sumwan fae shetland is on ebay selling a few albums, and in amongst it is sum mair ninja tunes stuff, and wondering if ony body kens if da stuffs ony good?

in amongst da led zep, porno for pyros, soundgarden etc, dere's stuff like dj food, coldcut, funky porcini, daedelus. ony wan ken whit dey're lik?

also oakenfold and nightmares on wax, they ony good?

*NEWSFLASH JUST IN*

Burra has been entirely submerged by a massive tsunami, wiping the entire island off the face of the planet. As a result, Banna Minn and Kettlaness no longer exist and should be avoided at all costs (namely drowning)

[think that'll hold da visitors off noo ]

"You're so vain" by Carly Simon as well.

Are you still listening to that?!

 

Is that song about Warren Beatty? The Poolhaddock thought it was about Mick Jagger

as far as i kent it wis warren beatty

my uncle actually wrote an instrumental guitar piece called banna minn which wis inspired by da place

dat is sad news indeed

I personally wisnae a great fan of a lot o da early pink floyd stuff (although there wis sum i liked) far preferring da sounds efter dave gilmour joined, but none o dat wid hae come aboot wi'oot syd starting it aa.

Nor wid dey hae come up wi Shine on you crazy diamond

RIP Syd

I like her column, and it's far easier to read than a pretendie Shetland vernacular thats for sure!

 

and obviously, since it's still in da paper, dere's a few mair folk dat agree wi u

(I did kinda walk intae dat wan )

on a slightly different point, can u honestly say dat da folk dat planned da bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki didn't know dat innocent civilians were gonna be killed?

therefore, can u honestly say dat any bomb dropped isnae gonna hurt or kill innocent civilians?

or, as long as it was meant for a military target, are these sort of civilian casualties "acceptable"?

but do da specifics really maiter when it is innocent lives that are taken?

canna mind if there's much shells on it, but a beautiful beach is banna minn on west burra

i jist think her written style is so awful and bland, and it comes across, tae me onyway, lik its mair look whaar i am as opposed tae being informative

da idea o it isna sae bad, if it wis wriiten by sumwan dat cud actually write

probably a lot more than 13% christians in the UK approved of the invasion of Afghanistan or Iraq. and the subsequent "collateral" (weemin an bairns) damage but there's statistics, damn lies and statistics

 

But they dont want civillians to be killed. The 13% of Muslims thought that fellow UK civillians deserved to die.

but you'd have to be pretty niave to think dat nae innocents are gonna be hurt or killed in military actions. be it by stray bombs, "friendly fire" etc

interesting point. as rape could in theory be classed as a "moment of madness" due to being drunk, misunderstanding etc.

are there clear cut crimes that would be excluded outright, or would it be on an individual merit basis?

CROSSWORDS! What ever next cooking recipes

wid be a lot better as dat bloody karam lass's piece fae america

but den again, dey have got marlon brando's voice in superman returns, so it mite be possible

according tae da papers, materazzi called zidane's mother a "Muslim terrorist wh*re".

I ken i widda reacted tae sumboady saying dat tae me if i wis him

Tak intae account da wirds o Joe Irvine dis week

My great concern is that there are others perhaps in similar positions who finished up in their country of origin without really knowing what is happening to them.

 

"Sakchai was taken and within three days he could have been out of the country. That is really frightening. You can't put blame on the people who are simply carrying out orders. The whole system seems wrong.

 

"Sakchai had huge support from the local community as well as the backing of the Shetland Recreational Trust, but it is frightening that this can happen."

dis is a fight dat needs tae continue

by giving ony money left ower fae da "fighting fund" tae sumwan in a similar situation, whit better way o showing dat it wisna a case of fighting fir sakchai jist cause he wis a mate, work colleague, sumwan fae shetland, or whitever, but dat it wis da injustice o da actions taeing against him by da "powers dat be" in da 1st place and dat it winna be tolerated, no maiter whaa it is

working fine fir me, has bin aa day

as fir CATS gaining fae ony left over money fae da "fighting fund", I widnaa lik it if it did, as every bit of fundraising dat goes on in shetland at da moment is fir dat. It's already pretty much looked efter.

 

Let someboady/something else benefit fae it, as opposed tae something dat's gonna get da money wi aa da fundraising being done fir it

 

But the CATS appeal has a target, once this is reached fundraiseing will stop. The money would help it reach this target and its somthing that has the potential to benifit all Shetlanders.

 

I would be less than delighted to see and surplus funding passed across to the CATS fundraising effort. Not because it is not a very worthwhile and valuable cause, it is, but for the following two reasons:

 

1) We allegedly have a National Health Service (aka H.M. Govt.), which virtually everyone pays towards on a daily basis. The NHS should be the ones who are putting their hands in their pockets for this, not us, we've already paid for it. IMHO the more often well meaning, but misguided people bale the Heath Service out of a hole by buying the equipment for them, that they themselves should be forced to buy, the more lax they will become at financing anything, and the more slipshod the service will be.

 

2) I may be wrong, an stand corrected if I am. However, I seem to recall part of the bumpf that accompanied the launch of the appeal stating the the Shetland Health Board had plans to purchase one in the foreseeable future anyway. If this is the case, why the all hanged rush to squeeze Shetland people twice/double just to get it that little sooner?!? IMHO the efforts going in to the fund raising should have been directed towards pressurising the puppet "Government" in Edinburry or the unspeakables in Westminster, whomever holds the NHS purse, to pay for what is needed, and what they are supposed to pay for, and do it now.

 

Loosely speaking, the money was raised for the appeal to fight the powers that be in perpetrating what was seen as a fundamentally unjust and unfair act. *If* a surplus exists after the fat lady has sung, let it go towards holding the powers that be accountable for something else that is seen as an unjust and unfair act by them, and not towards helping them evade their own responsibilities by buying equipment that they should be funding.

good, and valid, points well made. Help those dat need tae be helped

as is mentioned on da thread regarding CATS, it's no neccessarily gonna stop, as whit about funds tae keep it running etc? it's no exactly clear cut.

and as i said previously, der's mair as enough fundraising going on aaready fir dis

as fir CATS gaining fae ony left over money fae da "fighting fund", I widnaa lik it if it did, as every bit of fundraising dat goes on in shetland at da moment is fir dat. It's already pretty much looked efter.

Let someboady/something else benefit fae it, as opposed tae something dat's gonna get da money wi aa da fundraising being done fir it

scottish equivalent is Children 1st.

dere is a fundraising representative for dis charity in shetland, but sae far help etc has been lacklustre tae say da least. Seems if it's nae local, folk are less interested.

tho der are a few collection tins aroond sum shops in lerwick

I have a great distaste for the NSPCC

jist oot o curiosity, whit's your reason fir disliking da NSPCC?

Jist wondering incase dere's onything dat i may not lik aboot dem

but, as far as news reports hae bin stating, all da cost sae far wir covered by SRT, so wis der even a need fir da "fighting fund"?

also, considering da hoo-ha regarding sandy cluness's misguided pledge tae hae da cooncil cover legal fees and aa dat, and it subsequently being found oot dat da council legally cannae dae dat, is der really ony difference atween da cooncil and da SRT daing it?