"Boycott Scotland" the Latest Reaction to Lockerbie Killer Release

People are threatening to boycott Scotland. I don't think it is such a bad idea to boycott Scotland. In fact boycotting Scotland is a reasonable response to the release of mass murderer 57-year-old Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi on "compassionate grounds."

Robert Mackey has written an article on The New York Times titled "Scottish Justice Secretary Explains Release of Lockerbie Convict." In the article we are made privy to the video presentation of Scotland's Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill defending

"Boycott Scotland" the Latest Reaction to Lockerbie Killer Release

Date: August 21, 2009

why the killer was let go. This is simply further angering those who think Scotland should be boycotted.

Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi served 8 years of jail term that was supposed to me a 27-year-minimum term. This was punishment for killing 270 people.

It is hard to know just how much Scotland had to do with this decision to release the killer. Do they deserve to be boycotted?

There are basically two key points that have played a role in the decision to send Abdel Basser Ali al-Megrahi home.

He is dying of prostate cancer. All sources including medical are sure that he hasn't a chance of surviving. So why keep him locked up? He is going to die so let him go home. This is termed throughout the article as "compassion."

Of course the use of that term inflames people who want to boycott Scotland because this person had no compassion for the people on the plane.

The way that most people are threatening to boycott Scotland is to refuse to take their regular vacation trip there.

Also, there is some concern that the Scotland "Lockerbie Killer" was the right person convicted.

There was supposedly a lot of circumstantial evidence and those who were witnesses had a lot to gain economically to convict him.

What do we make of this event?

I don't buy any of it.

Muammar Qaddafi has been trying to get Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi released.

The United States has begun to bond with him. In fact Obama has made a point of being very friendly with Qaadafi.