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Old 04-11-2009, 11:43 AM
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Re: Sea Eagles v crofters' lambs....

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Originally Posted by Madelinew View Post
Sorry folks but please don't tar an entire group of people with the same negative brush. Crofting is a way of life that Scotland strives to preserve and is often not an easy existence. I'm by no means a farmer's champion most of the time but it's a little unfair to target crofters most of whom are probably making a legitimate point about the impact of sea eagles, which were artificially reintroduced, in addition to the hardships of many a crofter's existence.
Well said Madelinew - if all crofters were so dishonest as some seem to think and were inclined to fiddle their claims in the way that richnfamous suggests, surely they'd all have become MPs

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