Comment / Review of Gaelic Language Bill Revisited from Politics
" So I said that giving Gaelic official language status was a bit of a waste of money. Stuart (at Scottish Independence) disagreed and his post generated some comments which have prompted me to consider my thoughts a little more. I... "

Paul, here is an update to my post:

-"What's the Point of Gaelic?

UPDATE - 5th February
Paul has been persuaded by our arguments. He has also published a new post on the topic. It shows the value of publishing preliminary thoughts - it gives you a good opportunity to get things off..."

http://scottish-independence.blogspot.com/2005/02/whats-point-of-gaelic.html

Posted by Stuart Dickson at February 5, 2005 08:16 PM

I love a person who will publicly change their mind and in such a articulate manner.

Language is too important to ignore. You are right that it is the business of government to support it, otherwise languages would only be judged in the free market on whether it can generate revenue or capital. Meanwhile, language is reality itself...we experience the world through it...and if Scotland loses Gaelic, on a number of levels the country will be less Scottish than it is today.

Posted by Jeremy Hawkins at February 6, 2005 06:22 PM
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