I commented to dh that I wondered why he and Sturgeon did not attend the reconciliation service
Perhaps because they don't believe in a god? Perhaps because they don't believe that a few pious words, a handshake and a song from the same hymn sheet actually means anything?
The last thing we need is more churchiness, more feigned virtue, more unco' guid in this country. If the churches would get their parishioners out there - as a few do - and use their beliefs to change society, that would be brilliant.
And more generally - I am old. I am not insulted by suggestions that the over-60s lost the Yes vote for Scotland. They did. We're not a bunch of poor old souls needing protection from the harsh realities of life - and the fact that we might have lived through harder times is bloody meaningless. It doesn't negate our obligation to vote responsibly now.
Anyone who has abusive "friends" on their FB page needs to reconsider the definition of the word.
And finally...of course people are angry. Of course they are disappointed. When I think of the anger there was on here a week ago from No voters at the prospect of "having to leave/move" in the event of a Yes vote...and now, suddenly, we've all to be nice and accepting of each others' choices. Those No voters who think they'd have behaved in a nice low-key, uncomplaining way are deluding themselves - it's easy to say that now.
It makes me bloody angry that some people cannot move, through poverty, unemployment, disability or whatever. Moving south because your job happens to be relocated is not a tragedy. Having no job, no car, no food, no chance of education, no decent health care system - that's a tragedy.
So - of course I accept the result. I am no nationalist. I am not anti-English. I don't see oil as belonging to Scotland alone - I'm a bit green and think we shouldn't be relying on it anyway. I hate Trident and want it out. I didn't see Alex Salmond as the messiah - nor was he the antichrist. But all this "oh, it's dreadful - whole families have fallen out over it" stuff is just pathetic. It's high time politics was taken seriously - we have few other ways of changing things.