The forbidden words of a separate... opps I mean an "independent" Scotland.

So what do I mean by that heading above, well it seems the nationalist's have now made a list of all forbidden words that should not be used to describe Scotland's departure from this United Kingdom, on the top of that list is the word "separation", so why all the fuss? Well as far as I know the United Kingdom is a democratic country that favours freedom of speech, we listen to each other, debate with each other. This gives us the great pleasure of voicing our opinions without the fear of being killed or tortured, which of course can't be said for some other countries around the world.

The Scottish nationalists have said that the unionists should not use the word "separation", now there is other words that are also deemed as "forbidden" by the SNP, but today I want to concentrate on the big one, the one word that the nationalist's do not want coming out from my mouth, your mouth, or any unionist politician's mouth is "SEPARATION".

But why, well the Scottish politicians that seek to end our United Kingdom seem to think that using that particular word is negative, but wait... Nobody said it was positive to end a 300 year old union anyway, so of course the word "separation" is not going to be positive, why would it be?

Well let’s look into this word "separation" for a second, what does it mean? what does it mean in a political context?

Well, in a non political context you could argue that it comes under:

The action or state of moving or being moved apart: "the separation of parents and children".

The state in which a husband and wife remain married but live apart: "she and her husband have agreed to a trial separation".

So let’s concentrate on the first definition of the word "separation", it basically says that anything moving or being moved apart would be considered as "separation", so let’s think about that, would Scotland be moving apart from the UK if the SNP achieved their goal of independence? Yes it would, I would think it would anyway, Scottish politicians would have to move back up the road to Edinburgh, they would be separating from their home in London to their homes in Scotland, which would separate them from their years and years of being a resident in England.

The second definition refers to a marriage, now I am not the only one who has heard certain nationalist MSP's refer to the relationship between Scotland and England as an "abusive" marriage, the one person in particular that sticks out is that vile women known as "Joan McAlpine", yes the same women (if she is one) that said that any Scot that is against separation is anti-Scottish, she also said that it was pathetic to mourn the deaths of the people that died on the titanic, she has a vile reputation.

The point I am making refers to the fact that many nationalist MSP's refer to the partnership we share with England as a "marriage", they say that it is a failure and that it should end, well technically they say that it would not end completely, they say that they would like Scotland and England to still share the same house, but we would just have our own rooms in that house, or in a political way they would like a social union to remain between Scotland and England, so wait.. Therefore the SNP do want a divorce they would rather have a "separation", which by the second definition means "in which a husband and wife remain married but live apart", which is what the SNP are after, they do not want a divorce but they would like a "separation", in which case means that Scotland and England remain tied together, and remain friendly but they both have their own space and can do things separately.

So now we have defined these words in a sort of non-political way, let’s look at what it says about "separatism" in a political way.

"Separatism is the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group. While it often refers to full political secession, separatist groups may seek nothing more than greater autonomy. Some groups refer to their organizing as independence, self-determination."

So above we have another definition, this time it clearly sets out what the nationalists would like to achieve. The Scottish nationalist's would like to be removed from a larger group (the UK), they also seek more autonomy within the United Kingdom, referred to as "devolution max", so why don't they accept the fact they are what the English languages clearly says they are, "SEPARATISTS", that seek separation from the United Kingdom...

They do not like the use of this word (separation) because it lets the cat out of the bag, it gives a clear indication that the SNP (the separatists) would like to separate Scotland from this United Kingdom and turn Scotland into a small separate state from our families in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They know that deep down the majority of Scots hate the idea of division and separatism, so the nationalist's are trying to desperately to create an illusion that Scotland would not be separating from the UK, but we would be taking a "natural" step towards a divided Britain, which is in no way natural. Since when was it natural to end a 300 year old country?

The main point of this blog is to tell you that we have freedom of speech for a reason; yes the nationalists can say that using the word "separatism" is scaremongering, but then you have to ask the question of:

"why is the word "separatism" so frightening to the nationalist's that they create an illusion to hide the truth?"