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Jerry-NetherlandEnid Shaw
9/17/14 10:12pm
By terrorists, he means liberals, because the Scots are overwhelmingly liberal (Labour) - and vehemently oppose the poll tax which is akin to the flat tax he's been pushing forever. It's really all about him.

Also: The only people who might be emboldened by Scottish secession are the Catalans, who would hardly trigger world chaos, and not likely vote for secession, anyway.
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  ihatepickingnamesJerry-Netherland
  9/17/14 10:17pm
  
  It's really all about him
  
  Which just perfectly illustrates how American he is, and how irrelevant the "Scottish" is.
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  Jerry-Netherlandihatepickingnames
  9/17/14 10:26pm
  It's still hard to believe he is the son of Malcolm Forbes who was the opposite of the stick-up-his ass prig that Steve is. Malcolm was actually open about his elective m/m assplay! Could you ever imagine Steve being best friends with anyone like Liz Taylor? Not even if there were still anyone like Liz Taylor!
  
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CodeName:PurpleTerrapinEnid Shaw
9/17/14 10:17pm
I'm really fucking sick of wank-stains who think they have to say shit about Scottish independence when they don't live here.. Do you all really think that we run around half naked re-enacting Braveheart and living in huts?
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  dothedewCodeName:PurpleTerrapin
  9/17/14 10:24pm
  Mind. Blown.
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  the johnCodeName:PurpleTerrapin
  9/17/14 10:24pm
  
  Do you all really think that we run around half naked re-enacting Braveheart and living in huts?
  
  I certainly hope so!
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UncleCCClaudiusEnid Shaw
9/17/14 10:07pm
Why can't this gilded idot sit in a nest made of silk pillows and try to hatch his Dad's Fabergé eggs?
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  dothedewUncleCCClaudius
  9/17/14 10:21pm
  Father of Dragons!
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  Jerry-NetherlandUncleCCClaudius
  9/17/14 10:32pm
  
  Malcolm was so hip, and Steve is just a miserable trust fund legacy drip. The old man must be spinning in his grave (or riding Harleys with Elizabeth Taylor and some gay biker boys in Heaven)
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dothedewEnid Shaw
9/17/14 10:14pm
"The break-up of the British Empire would encourage all the forces of chaos, terrorism and aggression and set a terrible precedent," he writes. "Separatists in India, Africa and the Orient would ramp up their campaigns exponentially, which would vastly increase political turmoil on a continent that is already becoming vulnerable to the kinds of political extremism we once thought had been extinguished in the ashes of the Hundred Years War."
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  hobknobdothedew
  9/17/14 11:03pm
  You, sir, are a tub-thumping whig and black-guard of the lowest order. Were it in my power I should traverse the very aery element of this internet, call you out on the field of honour and you shoot you for the republican trash you are. Good riddance.
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  dothedewhobknob
  9/17/14 11:09pm
  I fart in your general direction. Good day, Sir.
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the johnEnid Shaw
9/17/14 10:12pm
Sometimes, in the quiet of his own thoughts, does Steve ever consider — on a deep, meaningful level — what it means that he has never been right? What must that realization do to a person? To walk to Earth for over 60 years having never once had the satisfaction of a correct solution to anything? It must be mind-bendingly terrifying.

As a Yank I have no sheep in this haggis, but if anyone asked my vote would be no. Knowing that Steve Forbes is in the same camp is disconcerting, and makes me question my own sanity.
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  KaiFromDogtownthe john
  9/17/14 10:25pm
  People like Forbes assume that, since they are very wealthy, they are mostly right about things and their opinions have more value than others. No amount of evidence to the contrary will ever shake that foundation. See Trump, Donald.
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  MollyNYCKaiFromDogtown
  9/17/14 10:56pm
  Romney has this problem too.
  
  The strength and quantity of evidence doesn't sway them because one of the things you can buy with money, if you have enough and if you're on the Right-wing side of the aisle, is the absence of dissenting opinion. You can afford to avoid people who disagree with you or whose life experiences differ from yours. Must be very soothing in its way, but you can see that after a couple of years, it makes you stupid.
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BaaaaaaaaadoinkEnid Shaw
9/17/14 10:06pm
Silly question, but why was Scotland given leave to become independent of its own accord, but Northern Ireland was/has not?

I was under the (mistaken?) belief that the great majority of Irish were pretty pro independence, and the English just sent over a bunch of Englishman to settle in Ireland - sort of like what China is doing in their western reaches.
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  MojiMojiBaaaaaaaaadoink
  9/18/14 10:36am
  Your belief that the majority of Northern Irish would support secession from the crown is mistaken. There was a referendum on whether the leave the UK to rejoin the Republic of Ireland in the mid-1970s. Over 90% voted to remain in the UK. As far as I'm aware they haven't bothered to hold another referendum on the issue since then. The majority of the support for a unified Ireland seems to come from the Republic of Ireland.
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Sam Howell Enid Shaw
9/18/14 9:45am
Enid - while you are certainly entitled to disagree with Steve Forbes' political views, don't be enidiot and fall victim to the fabrications of your colleague Hamilton Nolan. While Forbes Media did see declines during the early part of this decade (like any other traditional media publication) the brand and media operation is performing tremendously well. In fact, the print magazine has a greater circulation than ever at 6 million (2.5 million more readers than any competitors). Digitally the site leads the way in the business space with 30 million monthly unique visitors (comScore) and LinkedIn named Forbes the most Influential Global Brand on its platform.
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  Enid ShawSam Howell
  9/18/14 10:20am
  I will certainly endeavor not to be enidiot.
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  Sam Howell Enid Shaw
  9/19/14 2:48pm
  Thank you. And now that I have your attention on the matter, I would also like to point out that Forbes Magazine was named the hottest business publication by AdWeek in 2013. They had this to say:
  
  Forbes
  
  The editorial purists tut-tutted when Forbes launched the AdVoice (now BrandVoice) platform three years ago. But with everybody suddenly jumping on the native-ad bandwagon, Forbes now appears prescient. Digital revenue there has now surpassed print, fueled by BrandVoice, which is expected to contribute one-fifth of Forbes' ad revenue this year and 30 percent next. Add a booming conference business (nine this year, up from four in 2010) and new international editions (33, up from eight in 2008), and Forbes is on track for its most profitable year in the past six years, fueling the company's decision to explore a sale.
  
  Carry on.
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NeugenEnid Shaw
9/17/14 10:18pm
He's right! I discovered a group of terrorists encamped in my own bedroom closet just this evening!
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Cam/ronEnid Shaw
9/17/14 10:35pm
"As an American of Scottish descent,"

Hey! No True Scotsman would say that...whoops, fallacy alert.
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dothedewEnid Shaw
9/17/14 10:37pm
Forbes Media publishes Forbes Magazine and a bunch of local editions. Never understood why they were considered a media empire. I have always been fascinated by the Forbeseses'. Living so large off one publication.

Capitalist Tool indeed.
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