Letters / The devil you know
Well Mr Nicolson (Couldn’t resist a smile; SN, 24/02/14) I might give you half a point as, yes, my great grandfather probable did come to Shetland in the sooth mooth as you call it.
However, my mother’s side of the family has been here for hundreds of years, so I think that still makes me a pretty good Shetlander.
There is still one thing though that you and Mr Hill seem to be falling down on in your history lesson, and that is: the princess was Danish and Norway was ruled by Denmark until they got their independence.
Now, going independent you might say was a good thing for Norway until you consider what they have to pay in tolls to go from one pat of Scandinavia to another.
Imagine the scenario if Scotland goes independent and England decided to set up tolls and want to passports when people crossing the Scottish border, wouldn’t that be interesting?
At no time in my correspondence have I mentioned Norway, only Scandinavia. Where you two have dreamed that one up from beats me.
I would think that at the end of the day nothing will change, as there are to many unanswered questions. As they say: better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
Michael Mackay
Lerwick
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