The Age of Unreason
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Update on Corran Ferry
This is an update from my point of view as your local councillor, trying to pull together numerous emails, telephone calls and conversations I’ve had in the last 24 hours.
Firstly, I know that many have expressed concern about driving along the A861 from Kinlocheil to Ardgour – mainly as a result of motorists not used to driving on a single-track road. The local police, via Inspector Isla Campbell at Fort William Police Station, have been asked to patrol that section and talk to motorists where appropriate.
The council’s Director of Finance, in the absence of the director normally responsible for transport, is tasked with taking appropriate action to resume the service and make alternative arrangements if this is delayed. I have asked him to investigate a pedestrian only-service with dedicated bus shuttle services either side of the narrows, which would help people getting to work or with hospital appointments…
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Unionism, Culture and Division in the Highlands: The Historical Context.
Good stuff Griogair
To me, the land of my father’s ancestors; Suaineart (Sunart) – one of the most picturesque, idyllic regions in the Scottish Highlands has always been a place of mystique with a deep memory of shared ancestors and an extensive folklore. I have always held its native elders; my people, with much reverence and have made a concerted effort over the years to glean whatever information I could from these characters with whom I have such an affinity.
Amongst the stories I have picked up over the years are those of a greedy landed elite who were never hesitant to put their own financial gain and social standing within the British Imperial program in front of the welfare of the indigenous tenantry who were considered to be an inferior class of human. Their attachment to the ‘barbaric’, ‘backward’, ‘uncouth’ and ‘inferior’ Gaelic language and its culture defined them as something ‘other’, something ‘primitive’.
Improvement…
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SHEDDING LIGHT
Looking, not seeing
Nothing is clear
Shedding light
I had a lamp,
It’s broken and lost
Ye can look for it on yer hauns and knees,
Mind no cut yersel on the gless
I hear only what I want to hear. An oldy but a goody there’s some truth in it too.
Having a chat with a colleague when we were delivering leaflets but I was ill at ease when I heard them say they would rather burn a hall down than have the opposition use it for a meeting. Where does this intolerance spring from, or is it just certainty expressed strongly Is anyone listening these days? are we all just shouting? Noisy and lively debate is great but that means all points of view have to be heard. That is not happening at most public meetings I attend because only one side is attending. There are 2 reasons for this 1 some on the other side believe we are all intolerant and yobbish. 2 The old media has been effective in winning the public debate on tv/radio in print so the other side sees no need to come to public meetings , things are going just fine thanks.
Facebook is particularly bad soon as you open an account Facebooks algorithim seeks out posts similar to those you have posted or “liked”. Then it seeks out posts from people whose posts you have read ,shared , liked etc . Slowly it cuts you off from anything you might not like. In doing so it cuts you off from people who might disagree with you . It cuts you off from people who might not disagree with you as well. You’ll never know as FB will make sure you never see those posts. Facebook also regulates what appears on your newsfeed and how high up any post appears. You are much more likely to click on an item close to the top of your newsfeed. If a media organisation was doing this it would be subject to some regulation and oversight . Even an organisation like the BBC is subject to some control. However Facebook does not consider itself to be a media organisation, and is resisting calls for it to be regulated as one.
There’s more on this subject here.https://medium.com/message/how-facebook-s-algorithm-suppresses-content-diversity-modestly-how-the-newsfeed-rules-the-clicks-b5f8a4bb7bab#.lmo3gjh5l
Meantime, today, on Facebook I will go to a page I don’t like , follow someone I disagree with make sure I hear something that I don’t want to hear.
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