U.N. Research Says Scotland Most Violent Country

newsmax ^ | Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005 | Carl Limbacher

[satchmodog9]

I wonder if pulling down another man's skirt is considered assault?

[ovrtaxt]

Only if they do lots of jogging...

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...enough to get on anyone's nerves.

[ovrtaxt]

hmm. it wasn't as funny the second time.

[Berlin_Freeper]

The scots are notoriously cheap, they probably swill whiskey all night while hiding from the typical bad weather and when they get the bill the knives come out. They assault each other through the streets and have gay sex, the next day the wake up and fool themselves that they cant remember the night before, post a bunch of anti-Bush/US rants about how dangerous we are and then repeat their actions of the previous night.

[ovrtaxt]

What explains the penchant for violence? Has British culture accross-the-board devolved to anarchy in the barroom?

You say it like it's a bad thing.

[ovrtaxt]

LOL!!! that's SO politically incorrect- thanks!

[rdb3]

What does your tagline mean?

Since you ask, it means that I'm in no way a conservative. Between neocons, paleocons, social, fiscal or whatever, the term "conservative" has no meaning. In some cases, the word itself is radioactive to me. Therefore, I'm not one.

I am an American exceptionalist. America is the greatest nation in the history of mankind. And I'm on the Right, big time.

If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
They're going fast!

[RockinRight]

I've seen your posts and you're certainly no liberal. That's why I asked!

[injin]

I'll clue ya ...it ain't the white anglo ancestral Scots
that are responsible for this level of crime....

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Our family's crest (Frazier):

[rdb3]

I've seen your posts and you're certainly no liberal. That's why I asked!

No, I have nothing at all to do with the Left (Leftist Enemy #1!). I figure that once you truly grow up, being a leftwinger would seem childish, no?

If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
They're going fast!

[ovrtaxt]

What's Je Suis Prest mean?

[PureTrouble]

Of course the UN did not include those countries that assinate or imprison people for political purposes and such that is Rampant in the Muslim world.

Because, by Allah they deserved legally what they got so therefore there was no violence or crime. /s = off

[TexasCajun]

bloody hooligans

[ovrtaxt]

I'm having so much fun cracking jokes that I forgot to be serious. The stats of persecution of Christians alone should far outstrip the silly parameters of the UN.

[toddlintown]

Probably from free-balling.

[Cecily]

[jonno]

According to the "Long Shanks":

The problem with Scotland: It's filled with Scots!

(or somethin like that 8^)

[Zuben Elgenubi]

It means "I am ready", but I linked the Fraser Lovat image by mistake.

Here's the correct one, with tartan in background:

[vikk]

I visited a friend in Glasgow a few years ago and was blown away. I saw a lot of fights and passed a lot of people in the streets who looked like they had been on the wrong side of a baseball bat. Lots of bruises and busted heads, etc.,etc.
The root of it all is alcohol. What you or I in the U.S. would consider stinking, obnoxiously drunk is socially acceptable there (Full disclosure: I did my best to keep up, and was falling-down drunk on several occasions). It's a pretty aggressive male society too (aforementioned progeny of Vikings, Celts, etc.), coupled with enough urban unemployment, a bit of religious intolerance, and a rough climate, and there you go.
Don't get me wrong, I had a great time there and would go back in a heartbeat, and most of the Scots that I met were wonderful, down-to-earth, and generous people. It's just that A) drinking heavily as a whole is acceptable throughout the U.K. B) Even though it does have a pretty good economy, Scotland has always sort of a red-headed stepchild of England. If anything, I got the feeling that it was WORSE back in the old days.
In other words, those Scots are some TOUGH MF's.