Fluttershy Defends Scotland Against Invasion by Donald Trump · 10:29pm Feb 12th, 2016
Fluttershy continues her exploration of Scotland and fight against alien invaders.
Vectors by Synthrid and HaveBKYourWay. Background from [11].
Fluttershy and Applejack walked along a beach leaving horseshoe prints in the sand. They had reached the coast after a long walk through the Aberdeenshire countryside. On one side they could see the open expanse of the North Sea, and to the other, a landscape of undulating sand dunes.
“Oh look Applejack,” said Fluttershy, “there’s a dolphin! Isn’t it amazing how they jump out of the water like that?” She smiled at the sight of the bottle-nose dolphin performing its aquatic acrobatics before turning back to her friend. “Thank you for coming with me. I’ve wanted to visit this coastline ever since I first read about it. It’s the home of skylarks, lapwings, redshanks, golden plover and pink-footed geese.”
“How do you know so much about this country?”
“Ever since I first came here with Rainbow Dash and learned about the plight of the red squirrels, I wanted to know more about Scotland and the animals here. So I subscribed to the main newspapers and joined the Scottish Wildlife Trust. That was how I heard about the problems they have with invasive alien species.”
“You said they were havin’ some trouble with a big aggressive North American ape?” said Applejack.
“His name is Donald Trump,” said Fluttershy. “He’s a very rich human from New York. He flew in to Aberdeen some years ago and visited this coastline. He said he had never seen such an unspoiled and dramatic sea side landscape.”[1]
“I can see why he’d think that.” Applejack surveyed the scenery, then shook her mane and lifted her head to enjoy the smell of the salt-laden sea breeze.
“So he decided to build a golf course here,” continued Fluttershy.
“Err—a what?”
“He wanted to build a big resort so rich humans could pay to come and hit balls into holes,” explained Fluttershy. “It wasn’t a totally bad idea. Many humans enjoy the game of golf, and play it responsibly. But the way Mr Trump went about it was all wrong. These sand dunes are a very sensitive ecosystem, with many unique plants and animals.[2] The way the wind blows the sand is always reshaping the dunes making it a unique landscape. Environmental groups asked him to change his design to keep it off the protected dunes.”[3]
“But he didn’t do that?”
“No. His application for planning permission was rejected by the local council, but it was pushed through by the Scottish government. Mr Trump said he would invest a billion pounds and create six thousand jobs. They felt that it was worth it.”[4]
Applejack raised an eyebrow with a scepticism acquired from years of business experience.
“Did he really put up all that money?”
“No. After eight years he’s invested under thirty million and created less than a hundred jobs.”[5]
“The lyin’ toad.”
“That’s not a nice thing to say Applejack. All of my toad friends are very honest creatures.”
“Sorry.”
“And then things started to become nasty. He bullied the local residents. He wanted to buy their property. But a farmer, Mr Michael Forbes, and others refused to sell. Mr Forbes’ family had lived there for over fifty years and earned a living from the land and sea. He didn’t want to leave his home.”[6]
“I can imagine how he felt.”
“But Mr Trump said his property was a disgrace and it was unacceptable that he had to look at it from his golf course. He called Mr Forbes home a slum and said he lived like a pig. He said Mr Forbes was not a man that people in Scotland should be proud of [7]. Mr Trump offered him up to £450,000 to try to get him to sell his farm.”[8]
“Well I hope he told that Trump were he should stick his money.”
“He did.”[9]
“And what happened?”
“Mr Forbes and his family and friends endured some horrible bullying. Mr Trump’s firm built a huge wall of earth right by his neighbours' house. They were harassed by security people. Lawyers tried to challenge the boundaries of their land. Mr Forbes access to the sea was cut off so he couldn’t take out his fishing boat. They had to live for over ten days without water after the people building the golf course cut a pipe.”[10]
“Well that ain’t very neighbourly.”
“For some time they were threatened that the council would use a compulsory purchase order to force them to sell their homes. And they got no help from the local police who seemed to be only interested in protecting the golf course developers.”
“Well of all the corrupt—”
“But although they got no help from the authorities, they did get a lot of support from friends from across Scotland and the rest of the world, including America. Reporters covered their story. There was a documentary film made about their fight.[11] That changed things as the people of Scotland saw Mr Trump as an arrogant conman who was attacking ordinary people like them. They admired Mr Forbes for standing up to a bully and he was voted ‘Top Scot’ by the public in the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award.”[12]
“And what did Trump say to that?”
“He shouted and screamed like a spoilt child. He banned Glenfiddich whisky from his hotels and resorts.[13] He threw another tantrum when the government approved a windfarm off the coast saying it would spoil the view.[14] Then things took a dramatic turn after he decided to run for public office in his own country. He said a lot of very hurtful things which upset a lot of people. He called for all Muslims to be banned from entering the US.[15] That proved to be the limit. Even his allies in the Scottish government abandoned him. He was stripped of his honorary degree from a Scottish university[16] and his status as a business ambassador for Scotland was removed.[17] Over half a million people signed a petition calling for him to be banned from the UK.”[18]
“He sure knows how to upset people. Why do you reckon Trump behaves the way he does?”
“He’s just following his instincts like all animals. Humans have a social hierarchy like their chimpanzee cousins. To be the alpha male, Mr Trump feels he has to be noisy and intimidating and ferociously attack any possible rivals.”[19]
“I get why they wanted him kept out. I wouldn’t want him anywhere near Sweet Apple Acres.”
“Now now. There is always some good in everyone. I’m sure if we gave him a chance to learn about friendship, he could be reformed just like Discord and Starlight Glimmer. I hope he accepts an invitation to come to Britain and visit a London mosque[20] and then he might see how it’s much more fun to be part of a diverse community. Then he would just have to apologise to the people he has wronged and work to put things right. Then they could be friends.”
“Yeah… Right.”
“Or if he won’t play nicely, I might have to give him The Stare.”
[1] http://www.trumpgolfscotland.com/
[2] http://www.golfbusinessnews.com/news/courses/no-trump-no/
[3] https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/docs/027__104__special_interest_leaflets__Trump_development___background_to_our_objection__1304775981.pdf
[4] http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/nov/03/scotland-donaldtrump
[5] http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/donald-trumps-700m-blowhard-economist-7150504
[6] http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/oct/10/golf.scotland
[7] http://news.stv.tv/north/139473-trump-blasts-golf-resort-village-idiot/
[8] http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/nov/24/conservation.activists
[9] Donald Trumpʼs Golf War by Midas Productions, quoted by [10]: “He can take his money and shove it’s up his arse for me. I don't care about his money.”
[10] Donald Trump’s Ego Trip, Lessons for the New Scotland, Andy Wightman, 13 May 2011 http://www.andywightman.com/docs/trumpreport_v1a.pdf
[11] http://www.youvebeentrumped.com
[12] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-20553939
[13] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/05/donald-trump-whisky-award
[14] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35106581
[15] http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/07/politics/donald-trump-muslim-ban-immigration/
[16] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35054360
[17] http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/donald-trump-axed-as-scots-business-ambassador-1-3971000
[18] https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/114003
[19] https://www.newscientist.com/article/2075656-trumps-primate-like-posturing-got-him-to-poll-position-in-iowa/
[20] http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jan/17/jeremy-corbyn-invites-donald-trump-to-visit-london-mosque
So, how bad was the environmental damage?
Pity he didnt build the golf course on of of the highly friable cliffs north of Whitby. Given theyre being eroded so quickly, might as well get some money for the locals off some rich idiot.
I remember that drama concerning Forbes. Thank you for bringing it to light once again via ponies.
¡Wow! ¡That invasive ape is terrible!
Your mention of sanddunes and golf made me think about what golf would be like among the sanddunes of Titan. The gravity is only 1/7th that of Tellus and the air is 3x denser and more viscous. The sand itself is pretty interesting on Titan:
The grains are complex organics of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Hydrogen from UV tearing apart Nitrogen and Methane and the radicals reassembling called brown material called Titan-Tholin. At 300 K, Vitan-Tholin would be tarry, but at less than 100 K, one finds on the surface of Titan, it is a vitreous solid. If one drops Titan-Tholin into water, it reacts for creating complex organics called CHON (Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen).
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The damage was the loss of the shifting sand dune system, which was unique in the UK. I think there are a few similar systems in other countries, but they are not common. As the wind was continually reshaping the sand, it exposed new patches of ground, which were colonised by particular species. So the scientific interest was looking at the interaction between the sea and land and seeing how life can get a hold on new land. Since the planned second golf course was cancelled, the remaining dunes are still intact. I just tried to find the figure for the total percentage destroyed, but no luck.
Never trust a man who wears a merkin on his head.
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Seriously. F
Trump.
Huh, the Stay, Play and Dine option is only 345 pounds per person. Interesting. I'll have to look it up if I'm in the vicinity and want to spend some time among the dunes and nature, chasing a golf ball. (I normally break a hundred on the front nine, and have to carry extra balls, so I get value for my time)
How come this amazing sequel wasn't published as an actual story?
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