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Nearly Sane

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Refusal of visa for Syrian religious minister
« on: May 16, 2017, 03:28:18 PM »
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Robbie

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Re: Refusal of visa for Syrian religious minister
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2017, 12:30:27 PM »
Odd indeed, don't understand it at all.
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Re: Refusal of visa for Syrian religious minister
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2017, 08:04:51 PM »
The letter reads like a standard letter with somebody copying & pasting from a template.

It's not as if the Church is broke. I get an impression of plain bloody mindedness.
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Re: Refusal of visa for Syrian religious minister
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2017, 02:42:23 PM »
The latest we have is that she will definately not be allowed to come. (That's from the Principal Clerk to the General Assembly, meeting in Edinburgh at this moment. From what I gather, 121 George Street - the Kirk's HQ - had offered to pay all expenses for the trip and stand guarantor of surity that the minister would leave within five days of the address to Assembly, but London dug its' heels in.
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Re: Refusal of visa for Syrian religious minister
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2017, 02:42:33 AM »
It is Scotland afterall, If no one was against it outside Scotland then they don't want them coming to Scotland... ::)
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Re: Refusal of visa for Syrian religious minister
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2017, 07:31:27 AM »
Quote from: Sassy on June 02, 2017, 02:42:33 AM
It is Scotland afterall, If no one was against it outside Scotland then they don't want them coming to Scotland... ::)
Sorry, can't work out what you are trying to say here.
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Re: Refusal of visa for Syrian religious minister
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2017, 04:03:58 PM »
Must say sassy i didn't understand that sentence of yours.
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Re: Refusal of visa for Syrian religious minister
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2017, 04:19:11 PM »
It would take understanding of the history of Scotland and how the mind of people there works.

A little like the question. " How do you get a 100 Argentinians in a phone box?"  Answer: Tell them it isn't theirs.

It is to do with the mind set of the Scottish people. If England or Wales had said they did not want this minister there, Scotland would
have welcomed her.

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Nearly Sane

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Re: Refusal of visa for Syrian religious minister
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2017, 04:25:49 PM »
Quote from: Sassy on June 04, 2017, 04:19:11 PM
It would take understanding of the history of Scotland and how the mind of people there works.

A little like the question. " How do you get a 100 Argentinians in a phone box?"  Answer: Tell them it isn't theirs.

It is to do with the mind set of the Scottish people. If England or Wales had said they did not want this minister there, Scotland would
have welcomed her.

And could you explain with your great knowledge of the single mind that the people of Scotland have in your opinion, how that applied to the facts here?
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Re: Refusal of visa for Syrian religious minister
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2017, 04:41:58 PM »
Quote from: Sassy on June 04, 2017, 04:19:11 PM
It would take understanding of the history of Scotland and how the mind of people there works.

A little like the question. " How do you get a 100 Argentinians in a phone box?"  Answer: Tell them it isn't theirs.

It is to do with the mind set of the Scottish people. If England or Wales had said they did not want this minister there, Scotland would
have welcomed her.

Speaking as a Scot I'm curious to know the source of your 'understanding' of how our apparently collective 'mind set' works - care to elaborate?
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Re: Refusal of visa for Syrian religious minister
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2017, 05:17:38 PM »
Quote from: Sassy on June 04, 2017, 04:19:11 PM
It would take understanding of the history of Scotland and how the mind of people there works.

A little like the question. " How do you get a 100 Argentinians in a phone box?"  Answer: Tell them it isn't theirs.

It is to do with the mind set of the Scottish people. If England or Wales had said they did not want this minister there, Scotland would
have welcomed her.




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So, in your case, that would be a negative score, then.
Your knowledge of the history of Scotland is balanced only by your inability to perceive your ignorance.
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