jester Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 After all the hoo-ha about JK Rowling and Lallygate you'd have thought the BBC, fine upstanding guardians of civil behaviour, would have been purple faced with rage about this:http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/5708044/Salmond-death-threats-Police-investigate-as-First-Minister-targeted.html So where's the wall to wall coverage? Will Good Morning Scotland drop everything for this? Is Sarah Smith poised for an expose of the filthy underbelly of Better Together? Will Johan Lamont now rein in her online attack dogs? Er, probably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Just banter imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Fucking joke isn't it this will never get the same coverage as the Rowling nonsense. It makes Rowling comments sound pretty daft now saying it was 'Nats' who were the bullies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 How convenient . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 How convenient . . . Convenient? It's always been there, just going unreported. A slight redress of balance is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I tried to click on the link but it didn't go the the article. Maybe the OP can post the text so we can evaluate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I tried to click on the link but it didn't go the the article. Maybe the OP can post the text so we can evaluate it. Are we unable to get in because the Sun is behind a paywall? I'd like to read the article, but won't subscribe to the Sun to do so. Never mind. I'm sure that the whole Scottish press will provide a full report tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Stupid people. Who gets so angry at someone's politics they actually threaten to kill them? Didn't that 'Scottish Nationalist Liberation Army' (the ones that were trying to form a Scottish nationalist IRA) group send a bullet to Alex Salmond a few years back? Seem to remember they sent one to my local MSP at the time as well. People take things too seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Sticks n stones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Dog Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Not paying to read the Sun lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Are we unable to get in because the Sun is behind a paywall? I'd like to read the article, but won't subscribe to the Sun to do so. Licht, I clicked and it wanted a subscription (don't know if it's paid or unpaid). Either way I shan't be joining. If the OP thinks it's worth a discussion he should put the text of the article here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Licht, I clicked and it wanted a subscription (don't know if it's paid or unpaid). Either way I shan't be joining. If the OP thinks it's worth a discussion he should put the text of the article here. It's behind a paywall. I'm not paying for that shit either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 But it's not "vile cybernats" so it can't be true!! No voters are decent whiter than white types! Everyone knows that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 How convenient . . . I would suggest its pretty damn inconvenient for the FM. The second prominent member of the YES campaign to have their life threatened over their referendum intentions. Clearly BetterTogether are losing control of their cyber warriors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I would suggest its pretty damn inconvenient for the FM. The second prominent member of the YES campaign to have their life threatened over their referendum intentions. Clearly BetterTogether are losing control of their cyber warriors. Call me cynical but that this story appears so soon after. If there has been a "threat" it is probably no different from the poison pen letters politicians receive on a daily basis. I have had happen myself after having a letter printed on the local paper. Personally, I wouldn't get upset about it. The difference here with Rowling is that there isn't a smoking gun linking this "threat" to BT - unlike the Rowling threat which clearly is. Any "threat" made to Salmond is more likely to have been made by some unaligned nutjob than a party hack - unless it has been (shall we say) "created" to take the heat off - but perish the thought that political activists would do such a thing - would they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Dog Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 First Minister Alex Salmond is at the centre of online death threats as police investigate posts made about the First Minister on social networking site Facebook.One of the threats on the web claimed that there was a plan to “hire a hitman” to kill the SNP leader, while another said “someone needs to take him out”. One message called for the SNP leader to be shot, while another online poster announced they want to put him “in a Saddam Hussein hole”. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-gets-death-threats-online-1-3452908 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Dog Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Call me cynical but that this story appears so soon after. If there has been a "threat" it is probably no different from the poison pen letters politicians receive on a daily basis. I have had happen myself after having a letter printed on the local paper. Personally, I wouldn't get upset about it. The difference here with Rowling is that there isn't a smoking gun linking this "threat" to BT - unlike the Rowling threat which clearly is. Any "threat" made to Salmond is more likely to have been made by some unaligned nutjob than a party hack - unless it has been (shall we say) "created" to take the heat off - but perish the thought that political activists would do such a thing - would they? Well that's pretty much blown DeeTillEhDeh's theory out the water. What's it going to take for No Thanks chaps to realise there's social media nutters on both sides? To pretend otherwise is death eater-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Dog Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Chris Austin, who appears to have threatened to rape Alex Salmond. Gotta admire the tenacity of Better Together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo den Bieman Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 oh well, there's a list of front doors that Police Scotland will be kicking in soon, at 6 in the morning. cannot believe how many idiots actually post this stuff under their own name for all to see on the internet. Death threats, threats of rape, just corrosive hatred. If you said this stuff to someone's face (and of course these type never would, as they will almost certainly be eye-contact avoiding, poorly socialised, shoegazing mumbleclowns) you'd be arrested for breach of the peace / behaving in a threateneing manner etc. expect some tear-stained "it wiz awnly banter" confessions from these knuckle draggers in the tabloids soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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