tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post5945640191426080054..comments2024-02-20T12:47:17.532+01:00Comments on Bits 'n Bob's/Show 'n Tell: Lockerbiepoppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08976320013870023366noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-74138415826879403052009-08-26T19:30:13.952+02:002009-08-26T19:30:13.952+02:00Ah! I'm too much of a recluse to speak for Sc...Ah! I'm too much of a recluse to speak for Scotland but I think the general feeling is it was a difficult decision that was bound to upset people whatever was decided. The UK is happy cos it can get its claws into all those lucrative oil contracts and the US is pissed cos it can't.The Speaking Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415671204320976076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-38822811872814025562009-08-26T17:43:10.545+02:002009-08-26T17:43:10.545+02:00Hi Simon, and welcome.
Thanks for taking time to d...Hi Simon, and welcome.<br />Thanks for taking time to drop in.<br />What's the reaction in Scotland, are people annoyed with the criticism?poppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976320013870023366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-71985547852888022142009-08-26T10:48:03.545+02:002009-08-26T10:48:03.545+02:00I agree with popps - compassion marks civilisation...I agree with popps - compassion marks civilisation. But unfortunately politicians and their ilk don't understand anything but power games - the outrage at the release is hypocracyThe Speaking Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415671204320976076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-45341763375589447902009-08-26T10:25:15.776+02:002009-08-26T10:25:15.776+02:00Hi Vicki, is the press just looking for a good sto...Hi Vicki, is the press just looking for a good story?<br />Or do they just not understand what it means to move on?poppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976320013870023366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-53620031463668272362009-08-26T10:23:46.332+02:002009-08-26T10:23:46.332+02:00Thanks for dropping in Anne, i've used your co...Thanks for dropping in Anne, i've used your comment on my "blog roll" -hope that's ok?poppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976320013870023366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-43003614489842101702009-08-26T10:22:55.841+02:002009-08-26T10:22:55.841+02:00Hi John, you were there the night he leant me his ...Hi John, you were there the night he leant me his water bed too.<br />Another essential friend at a pivotal time.<br />Seems to me that mercy (compassionate release) is what marks a nation out as civilized.<br />Maybe it's different if you are family?<br />But i think the same rules stand.poppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976320013870023366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-74607832110304832832009-08-26T00:47:45.230+02:002009-08-26T00:47:45.230+02:00Boy, I remember that night. And I'm with you....Boy, I remember that night. And I'm with you. I could care less about this guy they let loose.john lenahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769000839671310087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-11269755050815757312009-08-25T21:54:20.374+02:002009-08-25T21:54:20.374+02:00So very sorry. Onward, blogger.So very sorry. Onward, blogger.annehttp://annehodgson.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-85623357375106028022009-08-25T05:05:51.087+02:002009-08-25T05:05:51.087+02:00There are two interesting video interviews with pa...There are two interesting video interviews with parents of Lockerbie victims here:<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8212475.stm<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8212290.stm<br /><br />There is a big disconnect between their views and the reports I'm reading in the press on this side of the Atlantic. Even the New York Times is expressing nothing but outrage:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/europe/21lockerbie.html<br /><br />My impression is that questions can sometimes take a little longer to surface in the US media, but things can move fast when they do. So I was sad not to find any whispers of anything that might support an independent enquiry here. 21 years on, that has to be painful for anyone touched by and trying to make sense the loss.Vicki Holletthttp://www.vickihollett.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-69410359477605402902009-08-24T23:48:34.699+02:002009-08-24T23:48:34.699+02:00It's really not fair. Life can be so cruel. I...It's really not fair. Life can be so cruel. I'm sorry for the loss of your good friend.Janet Bianchinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091873251779290222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-28567817198180042142009-08-24T12:09:59.066+02:002009-08-24T12:09:59.066+02:00Thanks Vicki, it's hard now, 21 years later, t...Thanks Vicki, it's hard now, 21 years later, to believe it's real.poppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976320013870023366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705434510664520110.post-83964571643891724752009-08-24T10:32:20.581+02:002009-08-24T10:32:20.581+02:00Oh Chris. I'm so sorry. What loss.Oh Chris. I'm so sorry. What loss.Vicki Holletthttp://www.vickihollett.comnoreply@blogger.com