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What Will Scottish Independence Mean for Quality?

A major quality failure in the 17th century may offer some clues

Paul Naysmith
Mon, 09/08/2014 - 09:44
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If your preferred media outlet has yet to cover the current topic of conversation about Scottish independence, the following may be, well, news to you. On Sept. 18, 2014, the people living in Scotland will be given the opportunity to vote to become, once again, an independent and sovereign country, separating its ties with the government of the United Kingdom.

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As a national of the United Kingdom, who was born, raised, and for the most part educated in Scotland, not to mention a subject of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Part Two, I won’t get to vote. Why? Because living in the United States precludes me from participating. However, as the token Scotsman in the office, I’m regularly posed with questions on the topic and often asked which way I’m going to vote.

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Submitted by janemfraser on Mon, 09/08/2014 - 09:11

I would vote "yes" if I could.

Paul - this is the best article I have read on the topic, and I have read a lot of them. Jane Fraser

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Submitted by beth.propst on Mon, 09/08/2014 - 09:37

In reply to I would vote "yes" if I could. by janemfraser

670 pages?

And they still don't say how they plan on doing this? Must have been written by the lawyers. Good article. I enjoyed the bit about the motivational speech by the spider.

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Submitted by umberto mario tunesi on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 17:33

1815 - 2015

200 years from Wien's Congress and Europe's still there; no wonder the Scots want Scotland and not Great Britain. In Lombardy (Italy) we want to get rid of Rome, we were Barbarians not Latins; italian language is an artificial language, far away from the language we spoke 200 years ago. Speaking of quality, we - up in the north - could never think to compare the quality of our goods to what's made in the south, and it's always been so, since the XI century or so. I do like Scots, too, I like England's Midlands northward on; just the same as I like Wales. The Celts were here where I was born and where I live, I can't ignore it. 

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Submitted by Paul Naysmith on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 05:47

18-September-2014

Today the people of Scotland will answer a question posed to them. As the great Nelson Mandela said "make a decision on your hopes, not your fears" I am hoping for a full scale freeing of all imprisoned unicorns and a vast improvement of all things Quality today.
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