• JK Rowling subjected to Cybernat abuse after £1m pro-UK donation.
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[h=2][B][quote]Harry Potter author labelled a "specky b******" and "Union cow bag" in social media posts from fervent nationalists – with one charity being investigated over abuse[/B][/h] [img]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02617/jk_2617100b.jpg[/img] JK Rowling has been subjected to obscene online abuse after becoming the pro-UK campaign's biggest donor by giving £1 million. The Harry Potter author was variously labelled a "specky b******", a "Union cow bag" and a "disgrace" in social media posts from fervent nationalists. One Edinburgh-based charity is being investigated by regulators after calling Rowling a "b****" in a message sent from its official Twitter account. "What a #b**** after we gave her shelter in our city when she was a single mum," the tweet read. The Dignity Project, which promotes the education for African children, later claimed the account had been hacked and said "people are free to donate to whoever they choose". [/quote] [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/10893567/JK-Rowling-subjected-to-Cybernat-abuse-after-1m-pro-UK-donation.html[/url]
a cow bag? creative, but... what would that even look like?
Facepunch has a shitty editing problem which decides to not let me clean up the mess. For all you OCD suffers I'm afraid you're going to have to put up with it.
[QUOTE=Cabbage;45080829]a cow bag? creative, but... what would that even look like?[/QUOTE] [t]http://annaroeandco.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/a/taorminaolivefrontlg.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Cabbage;45080829]a cow bag? creative, but... what would that even look like?[/QUOTE] [t]http://www.feltsogood.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/s/fsg_cow_bag_2.jpg[/t]
I'm not surprised, considering in her announcement of her donation, she called the Independents "Death Eating Nazis". You can't throw around words like that and not expect some kind of backlash.
[QUOTE=Cabbage;45080829]a cow bag? creative, but... what would that even look like?[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/JF1AZp8.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Craigewan;45080856]I'm not surprised, considering in her announcement of her donation, she called the Independents "Death Eating Nazis". You can't throw around words like that and not expect some kind of backlash.[/QUOTE] Wait, seriously?
[QUOTE=bravehat;45080893]Wait, seriously?[/QUOTE] No, she actually said "However, when people try to make this debate about the purity of your lineage, things start getting a little Death Eaterish for my taste" [URL="http://www.jkrowling.com/en_GB/#/news-events"]source[/URL]
In that case she's right, it's really got fuck all to do with your blood line or where your ancestors are from and if you bring that into it then really you're clutching at straws.
how does one twist "Death Eaterish" to "Death Eating Nazis" it's pretty obvious what kind of reference she was making
[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;45080911]No, she actually said "However, when people try to make this debate about the purity of your lineage, things start getting a little Death Eaterish for my taste" [URL="http://www.jkrowling.com/en_GB/#/news-events"]source[/URL][/QUOTE] Which is essentially what I said and the conclusion everyone drew from it. We all know which movement has been historically associated with "purity of lineage". (Also amusing because Independence is not about purity of lineage but w/e) So yeah, she kinda had the backlash coming.
What fucking children.
[QUOTE=Craigewan;45080915]Which is essentially what I said and the conclusion everyone drew from it. We all know which movement has been historically associated with "purity of lineage". (Also amusing because Independence is not about purity of lineage but w/e) So yeah, she kinda had the backlash coming.[/QUOTE] "fringe of nationalists" She was not targeting the entire yes campaign.
[QUOTE=Cabbage;45080829]a cow bag? creative, but... what would that even look like?[/QUOTE] [img]http://cdn.lemproducts.com/images/large/BEEF_BAGS.jpg[/img]
Stuff like this is why I believe that a sizable amount of the Scottish independence movement is based on Anglophobia.
[QUOTE=The mouse;45081222]Stuff like this is why I believe that a sizable amount of the Scottish independence movement is based on Anglophobia.[/QUOTE] Most of Scotland is Anglo in denial.
Its not so much "anglophobia", more "having a functioning democracy and not being shafted by England (for some reason) voting Tory"
[QUOTE=Scotty.;45081360]Its not so much "anglophobia", more "having a functioning democracy and not being shafted by England (for some reason) voting Tory"[/QUOTE] I hate this argument. Just because Cornwall doesn't vote Labour doesn't mean that every time we have a Labour government they should go for independence, they have just as much reason to as Scotland. The national voting system sucks for everyone, not just for Scotland. But at least Scotland has it's own devolved Parliament where it can make decisions independent of the Westminster government.
[QUOTE=Scotty.;45081360]Its not so much "anglophobia", more "having a functioning democracy and not being shafted by England (for some reason) voting Tory"[/QUOTE] A functioning democracy [I]means[/I] that some people don't get what they want. That's pretty much the point. Scotland, if it goes independent, is going to end up with certain regions voting for one party, and others for another; should they then be independent from one another?
I think the response to her comments has been absolutely disgraceful. The amount of tweets I've seen from people saying they're going to throw away/burn her books is absolutely unbelievable.
[quote][img]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02617/jk_2617100b.jpg[/img][/quote] Oh, so that's what she looks like That's the first picture I've ever seen of her
[QUOTE=Matthew0505;45081667]Just because your voting system sucks doesn't mean you have to drag everyone down with you.[/QUOTE] So, in other words: "It's broke - let's just bugger off and do our own thing instead of working together to fix it". Productive. Also, you say 'your' as if that does not include Scotland. It is as much Scotland's issue as it is England's - and they will still have the same issue if they become independent. If fact, pretty much all the issues surrounding voting and democracy that Scotland currently 'suffers' from will not go away with independence.
[QUOTE=Craigewan;45080915]Which is essentially what I said and the conclusion everyone drew from it. We all know which movement has been historically associated with "purity of lineage". (Also amusing because Independence is not about purity of lineage but w/e) So yeah, she kinda had the backlash coming.[/QUOTE] i think we found the scottish nationalist [editline]12th June 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Matthew0505;45081667]Just because your voting system sucks doesn't mean you have to drag everyone down with you.[/QUOTE] this view only makes sense if scotland was becoming independent from shitty politicans which, judging by salmond, it will not be
[QUOTE=TheCactusman;45081634]I think the response to her comments has been absolutely disgraceful. The amount of tweets I've seen from people saying they're going to throw away/burn her books is absolutely unbelievable.[/QUOTE] Its even more shocking as she raised a valid point and by people attacking her and not her argument just proves her argument.. She pretty much said people refuse to answer the tough questions and again people are ignoring them.
[QUOTE=Jsm;45082298]Its even more shocking as she raised a valid point and by people attacking her and not her argument just proves her argument.. She pretty much said people refuse to answer the tough questions and again people are ignoring them.[/QUOTE] I'm surprised I haven't seen any comments saying she's scaremongering yet.
[QUOTE=TheCactusman;45081634]I think the response to her comments has been absolutely disgraceful. The amount of tweets I've seen from people saying they're going to throw away/burn her books is absolutely unbelievable.[/QUOTE] Which is also funny because they're throwing away/burning something they've already paid the money for anyway.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;45081031][img]http://cdn.lemproducts.com/images/large/BEEF_BAGS.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] i'm trying to understand this joke but all i see are 2 packages of ground horse
[QUOTE=gary spivey;45081748]Oh, so that's what she looks like That's the first picture I've ever seen of her[/QUOTE] Have you been living under bedrock?
[QUOTE=Vasili;45080838]Facepunch has a shitty editing problem which decides to not let me clean up the mess. For all you OCD suffers I'm afraid you're going to have to put up with it.[/QUOTE] it's cause your OP has the pound symbol in it. some characters do that to editing
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