Larkhall - say it isn't true!

The Independent newspaper ran an item recently on Larkhall and the worst thing is everything in it is true:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/scottish-town-where-green-is-beyond-the-pale-981747.html

How can Scotland be considered a grown-up country if we're still harking back several centuries in our religious beliefs? And Larkhall isn't the only town where this goes on. How about Drongan, Kilwinning, Coatbridge and many others? All a great joke - see the Herald Diary - often - unless, of course, you happen to live there and have kids growing up in among this. And you find sectarian loonies are living with you and poisoning the minds of your kids.

I recently un-friended someone on Facebook because I couldn't take the bigotry she displayed over Celtic being beaten by Juventus, quoting the Sash on her FB page. She probably hasn't even noticed she and I are no longer pals. And that's the worst part of it: religious bigotry isn't in your face in central Scotland - it's just there as part of the scenery.

Time to move on, people.