But, To Return To Sccotland.
Posted: Thursday, 18 October 2007 |
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It all depends on what you mean as rich. Financially there are many who are rich, and spoilt at the same time, avarice coming in many guises. I am rich, in being in the enviable position of living on a beautiful island surrounded by raw nature, the islands contain a huge wealth in history as well as wildlife, and flora. And when it comes to famous scots making millions in foreign parts, well who on Tiree can afford not recognise their very own?
Ac from Coll
The way many rich philanthropists make their squillions usually involves screwing the lives of the workers...THEN they use their ill-gotten gains to buy brownie-points on the stairway to heaven.
Flying Cat from not easily Led
Flying Cat from not easily Led- I know one of them!
Ac from Collandnotfooledeither
I agree FC, Carnegie employed bully boy tactics to break strikes. The Pinkerton Detective Agency grew fat on his payroll working against the unions. He was the epitome of the small man syndrome, not a man I would imagine I would have liked.
Hyper-Borean from The picket line
Hyper-Borean from The picket line-not a man you would have liked? he left a legacy, it lives on Coll.
Ac from Coll
Is it a human legacy?
Flying Cat from neverquitegetting AC
Andrew Carnegie is not a favorite of mine or of many (justifiably so). Thanks heavens I am not either easily led or full of lead. Pinkerton, Blackwater ...
mjc from NM, USA
He left a legacy alright: a few libraries and public halls and a generation of blighted famiies of exploited workers. I know where I stand. Somewhere near mjc i suppose.
Hyper-Borean from Still picketing
the richest person in the world ,in my eyes,is someone who feels happy and content with what he has,be it a little or a lot(if you know what i mean--i do!)
carol from feeling tired and very philosophical
Flying Cat from neverquitegetting AC- as far as I know, yes.
Ac from Coll
Oh. Thanks AC. I think. Yayyy...way to go Carol...ohmigosh I'm being americanised, is there a cure?
Flying Cat from none the wiser