Violence

The way to freedom, as Gandhi showed us, is not through violence. To my mind if you use aggression, it means you are as bad as others who choose violence instead of  the honorable and harder path of  ahimsa (nonviolence). It is easy to loose your temper and lash out at those on the opposite, the English people are not bad people they did not cause the wrong doing, they are having their own problems. The people I have a problem is those in power that have caused this situation, if violence is used in Scotland's name then it makes those who use aggression as bad as the people they direct it at. 


Scotland has a wonderful reputation in the world with the Tartan Army "invading" and making friends, groups such as Clanadonia and The Red Hot Chili Piper's going to Italy and gaining new friends, people come from all over the world to visits Burn's birth place and to watch Edinburgh festival. In countries all over the world people want to find that a part of their history is Scottish.


 Violence would only ruin this great image of Scotland, as it did for Wales with the setting on fire of cottages owned by the English in the 1980's. This way ahead is wrong, we are better than this people......