Talk:Alex Salmond
Latest comment: 2 months ago by Unknown Temptation in topic Inclusion of pejorative remarks by STV News?
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Death
editAlex Salmond has died. 82.0.26.250 (talk) 16:20, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
What "international Conference" took place in North Macedonia?
editI heard it had something to do with Aleister Crowley... 2A02:908:1578:7780:79C5:E837:B3E4:C1DE (talk) 17:51, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- It's sourced now, it was a conference for young leaders, run by a former prime minister of said country. Where did you hear that it had to do with an occultist who died 77 years ago? Unknown Temptation (talk) 22:19, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
Occasion
editLocked before simple spelling errors corrected. RIP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 240F:CA:2CE5:1:D00B:6E69:2A3F:93A5 (talk) 23:41, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
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Occasions not ocassions (4th line)! 146.198.134.155 (talk) 00:43, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- Done - surprised this wasn't spotted earlier. PatGallacher (talk) 00:47, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
Inclusion of pejorative remarks by STV News?
editIn the section on Salmond's untimely demise, STV News is quoted as calling him "one of the biggest figures in modern Scottish politics". STV News is infamous for being one of Salmond's fiercest detractors, and this remark strikes me as a snide jibe at his lifelong struggle with morbid obesity. This quotation should be removed, lest it sully Salmond's legacy. He should be remembered for what he was - a capable but handsy politician who lost a landmark referendum on Scottish independence. Flusapochterasumesch (talk) 00:08, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- That comment does not seem to me to be a jibe about his weight. I don’t see a problem with it. Bondegezou (talk) 09:46, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Agree with Bondegezou. I know nothing of STV's alleged leanings (as a UK broadcaster it should have none) but I can't see this as a statement on anything but his prominence. Short and slim people are also referred to as "biggest figures" in their fields; the members of Oasis, Nirvana and Radiohead are hardly fat. [1] As an aside, I never thought of Salmond as particularly fat for a 21st-century Western man, definitely not "morbidly obese". Unknown Temptation (talk) 19:04, 14 October 2024 (UTC)