Last week someone put a petition on the new government website saying that they should send all rioters to the Outer Hebrides. This was later removed after protests from various people including Angus Macneill, MP for the area. So far, no problem. I live in the Outer Hebrides, we know that what he said was rubbish, and it's been dealt with. But there are still comments being made about it, including letters to the local news websites from annoyed locals saying all sorts of things about the author of the petition, about how he thinks we all live in caves, it's a disgrace and so on. Thing is it didn't bother me that much, it went up, it came down, it's been dealt with. And I think that continuing publicity of it is a mistake, which the author of the petition is enjoying, as that was it's purpose.
I don't believe that the author of the petition has no idea about the Outer Hebrides, I think he's using the petitions site to Troll, rather than making a serious point. Basically I don't believe he's serious. I have no idea who he is, he may have a problem with the Outer Hebrides for some reason, it may not even be his real name he's put on there, interestingly there is another rejected petition from a Richard Miller Brown on the site about sending rioters to boot camps rather than here, but if it's the same man I don't know, Richard Miller is not an uncommon name.
I don't think I have a thicker skin than most, I just feel that continuing to go on about this Petition is counter productive, and something in it makes me think that it's written by someone who wasn't trying to suggest this seriously. Maybe I'm wrong and he was, but I'm unconvinced by it. And as it's now been removed it should be left to lie and forgotten about. I don't see what further needs to be or can be done about it now anyway.
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