Kate, Great to see you writing about and keeping an eye on Glasgow.
Not just children nearby, though that alone should be enough to stop the show, but a city groaning under real, grinding misery. Drug deaths, sexual violence, communities hollowed out. When elites ignore those realities and instead celebrate a public act of self destruction as progress, they are not being radical. They are being irresponsible. This is the banality of evil in lifestyle form. Nobody feels accountable because everyone is “affirming” something.
A social contract that cannot say “this is degrading and we will not applaud it” is not neutral. It is already tyrannical, because it demands public assent to harm. If we no longer believe in restraint, duty, or the obligation to protect the vulnerable, especially children, then we should at least stop pretending this is about kindness. It is about power, indulgence, and the grim insistence that nothing is sacred except the right to be applauded while breaking yourself.
In Scots law, this "kick in the balls" would constitute criminal assault (consent is no defence), and for the act to take place in public would be an aggravating factor.
I read the Jenny Lindsay article and couldn't fault it. It was excellent. Eighteen years of SNP rule has left Scotland moribund, mired in virtue signaling politics while our public services have been badly corroded.
It is a stark lesson in what happens when the same "Progressive Left" are given an extended period of power : inaction and moral decay.
Blind faith in their surgeons ability to perform the castration on bruised and damaged tissue! Increasing risks of post operative infection. Any competent surgeon should refuse to perform surgery on this patient who appears to have lost any concept of reality.
On the SNP: my wife and I go to the local library every few days. For two months or more, the stand near the entrance with promoted books has featured Nicola Sturgeon's memoirs, but no one will borrow it! All the other books on the stand have been switched round in this time (including for Christmas books), but Sturgeon is still there. There must be a librarian who *really* wants people to read it. Unsurprisingly, no one in this North-West London suburb is interested in her.
The public display of violence and mutilation, even if voluntary, should not be tolerated. This act and its celebration show how far the woke ideology of "radical tolerance" has infected Western society. That it is happening in the home of the Scottish enlightenment (don't give me waffle about Edinburgh being the actual home) is doubly disappointing.
Sadly, this is nothing new in progressive Scotland. Sadomasochism, cross-dressing and mental illness are inextricably linked to New Left politics. If you have the stomach for it, look up the true story of Ian Dunn, rather than the sanitised version.
Thank you for writing this. I lived in Glasgow for 18 years. Working on The Herald, the BBC, University, and in business. It’s a city that’s unrecognisable today.
Thanks for commenting- And I agree wholeheartedly. Breaks my heart, the city has been infiltrated by greedy (some sociopathic) activists who weaponise tribal nature (perhaps lack of belief in anything beyond themselves - ie God) leading to depraved public spectacles like this one. No boundaries is a breeding ground for people’s worst nature. I was thinking about how in our increasingly secular society there is an obvious rejection of God- but more worryingly there is a lack of belief that evil exists to. I saw someone posting about Machiavelli and how in the writing of his character the through line was not about moral good or bad- but about the pursuit of power. And anything that leads to power = ‘morally good’. It’s a worrying thought when one contemplates the many spaces wherein cruelty could be justified. I know there are still more good people in Glasgow then bad (salt of the earth as one might say)- I just hope and pray they find a way to claim the city back to what is good and true.
A cohort of bureaucrats professional class who wear lanyards, put squares on their profiles, signs on their lawns to signal allegiances meanwhile having no actual risk associated with the activity or any effort yet give themselves enormous virtue points for the act. They show up to watch this man choose to be pummeled in the groin thinking they have participated in some great piece of activism.
Elected officials swear an oath. They often treat it as nothing more than a ceremony with no meaning, but at least it specifies the behavior they are supposed to adhere to.
Suppose citizens, upon reaching the age of majority, were required to swear to and sign a "social contract" at a public ceremony? At least they would have some reference specifying what is expected of them beyond their mere existence. It might even help create a bond with the larger community.
Kate, Great to see you writing about and keeping an eye on Glasgow.
Not just children nearby, though that alone should be enough to stop the show, but a city groaning under real, grinding misery. Drug deaths, sexual violence, communities hollowed out. When elites ignore those realities and instead celebrate a public act of self destruction as progress, they are not being radical. They are being irresponsible. This is the banality of evil in lifestyle form. Nobody feels accountable because everyone is “affirming” something.
A social contract that cannot say “this is degrading and we will not applaud it” is not neutral. It is already tyrannical, because it demands public assent to harm. If we no longer believe in restraint, duty, or the obligation to protect the vulnerable, especially children, then we should at least stop pretending this is about kindness. It is about power, indulgence, and the grim insistence that nothing is sacred except the right to be applauded while breaking yourself.
In Scots law, this "kick in the balls" would constitute criminal assault (consent is no defence), and for the act to take place in public would be an aggravating factor.
I read the Jenny Lindsay article and couldn't fault it. It was excellent. Eighteen years of SNP rule has left Scotland moribund, mired in virtue signaling politics while our public services have been badly corroded.
It is a stark lesson in what happens when the same "Progressive Left" are given an extended period of power : inaction and moral decay.
Oh that is an interesting fact. And yes I agree to all you say.
That's right, in the UK following R v Brown, the consent of a masochist is not a defence. See also the failed Liberty Five case.
Blind faith in their surgeons ability to perform the castration on bruised and damaged tissue! Increasing risks of post operative infection. Any competent surgeon should refuse to perform surgery on this patient who appears to have lost any concept of reality.
An absolute failure in their duty as so called doctors. And a society that cheers. Horrific.
We had lunatic asylums, until the mad identified as sane people in a sick society.
Blame Foucault and Laing...
And Szasz...
Good lord.
Indeed. What kind of world makes this even thinkable ?
That's awful and masochistic (literally).
On the SNP: my wife and I go to the local library every few days. For two months or more, the stand near the entrance with promoted books has featured Nicola Sturgeon's memoirs, but no one will borrow it! All the other books on the stand have been switched round in this time (including for Christmas books), but Sturgeon is still there. There must be a librarian who *really* wants people to read it. Unsurprisingly, no one in this North-West London suburb is interested in her.
The public display of violence and mutilation, even if voluntary, should not be tolerated. This act and its celebration show how far the woke ideology of "radical tolerance" has infected Western society. That it is happening in the home of the Scottish enlightenment (don't give me waffle about Edinburgh being the actual home) is doubly disappointing.
I agree
Sadly, this is nothing new in progressive Scotland. Sadomasochism, cross-dressing and mental illness are inextricably linked to New Left politics. If you have the stomach for it, look up the true story of Ian Dunn, rather than the sanitised version.
Yes I know. Absolutely demonic.
Glorified collective self loathing dressed as vindicated justice
Thank you for writing this. I lived in Glasgow for 18 years. Working on The Herald, the BBC, University, and in business. It’s a city that’s unrecognisable today.
Thanks for commenting- And I agree wholeheartedly. Breaks my heart, the city has been infiltrated by greedy (some sociopathic) activists who weaponise tribal nature (perhaps lack of belief in anything beyond themselves - ie God) leading to depraved public spectacles like this one. No boundaries is a breeding ground for people’s worst nature. I was thinking about how in our increasingly secular society there is an obvious rejection of God- but more worryingly there is a lack of belief that evil exists to. I saw someone posting about Machiavelli and how in the writing of his character the through line was not about moral good or bad- but about the pursuit of power. And anything that leads to power = ‘morally good’. It’s a worrying thought when one contemplates the many spaces wherein cruelty could be justified. I know there are still more good people in Glasgow then bad (salt of the earth as one might say)- I just hope and pray they find a way to claim the city back to what is good and true.
Future Scots History books will need to display George Soros, Nicola Sturgeon & 'Isla Bryson' on the front cover
One would think 😔
There have been amusing moments amidst all the darkness.
I can't hear the name ‘Isla Bumba’ without laughing
"One last time". Sounds like it was a regular past time.
Good point.
I also could not help noticing the sheer size of the man in question. Dwarfs the ‘audience’ let alone the women present.
Lastly what a ‘male’ thing to organise. I cannot imagine a female doing a similar thing before ‘top surgery’. It’s school boy antics.
The lanyard class?
A cohort of bureaucrats professional class who wear lanyards, put squares on their profiles, signs on their lawns to signal allegiances meanwhile having no actual risk associated with the activity or any effort yet give themselves enormous virtue points for the act. They show up to watch this man choose to be pummeled in the groin thinking they have participated in some great piece of activism.
They wear lanyards? Why have I never before heard of this fashion trend?
Elected officials swear an oath. They often treat it as nothing more than a ceremony with no meaning, but at least it specifies the behavior they are supposed to adhere to.
Suppose citizens, upon reaching the age of majority, were required to swear to and sign a "social contract" at a public ceremony? At least they would have some reference specifying what is expected of them beyond their mere existence. It might even help create a bond with the larger community.