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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Praying at Home Could Be a Criminal Offense in Scotland Under New law
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:37:27 -0000 (UTC)
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On Nov 23, 2024 at 4:53:13 AM PST, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:

> On 2024-11-23 1:58 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>  BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>  
>>>  Scotland has enacted new abortion legislation that could criminalize praying
>>>  at home within designated zones. The Abortion Services Act (Scotland) 2024
>>>  could result in prosecution for activities conducted in their own homes if
>>>  these actions can be seen by clinic staff or patients and cause "harassment,
>>>  alarm, or distress" to staff and patients at abortion clinics.
>>  
>>>  . . .
>>  
>>> 
>>> https://www.christianpost.com/news/praying-at-home-may-be-criminal-offense-in-scotland-under-new-law.html
>>  
>>  The Scottish Enlightenment gave the world Adam Smith, founder of the
>>  economic philosophy of political economy, a major advancement of classical
>>  liberalism. Scotland gave us Karen Gillam, and a performance as James
>>  Bond by Sean Connery so powerful that ubersnob Ian Fleming retconned
>>  Bond's backstory as Scottish.
>>  
>>  What could have possibly turned the country so illiberal today?
> 
> That was then and this is now. It is my understanding that most Scottish 
> seats in Parliament were Labour for quite a few years but then, when the 
> SNP (Scottish National Party - separatists who want Scotland to leave 
> the UK) revived itself, most of the seats went to the SNP which was 
> decidedly "progressive" and woke. The SNP definitely took a hit after 
> the scandal involving Nicola Sturgeon and her husband apparently 
> misappropriated party funds but that STILL hasn't come before the courts 
> for reasons that are beyond me. Her successor, Hamza Yousef was a 
> Palestinian-Scot, who was appalled that so many government posts in 
> Scotland were held by whites

Can you imagine going to, say, Pakistan and complaining that so many
government positions are filled with brown people?