Not the same

Scotland is different because Scottish people look to live in a more equal and caring society than the one being created by the UK government. That's why I'll be putting the case for voting "Yes" on 18th September.

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  1. Paul BrownseyAugust 27, 2014 at 12:00 PM

    "Scottish people"

    *Some* Scottish people?
    *Many* Scottish people?
    *Most* Scottish people?
    The *average* Scottish person?

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  2. DerekAugust 28, 2014 at 8:23 AM

    Paul, this is chop-logic. You know perfectly well what it means, and it means all of them. Take the proposition that Dutch people are taller than Chinese. This means that the Dutch person of average Dutch height (that is, the sum of the heights of all Netherlanders divided by the number of Netherlanders) is taller than his counterpart, the Chinese person af average Chinese height; the tallest Dutchman is taller than the tallest Chinese person; the shortest Dutch person is taller than the shortest Chinese person; and for each percentile (top 10percent, second 10percent etc.) the Dutch person at that boundary is taller than the Chinese person at the corresponding Chinese boundary. So it's true for everybody, and you know that - think curves of normal distribution. Similarly, Scottish people have stronger egalitarian aspirations than English people.

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