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political debate would like us to think that Shetland is part of Scotland
and the UK, but Shetland has the opportunity to cast off those blinkers
and make its own decisions about its future. Shetland does not have to
ask for powers from anyone – it already has them.
Cognitive dissonance and Stockholm syndrome are a powerful
combination. Cognitive dissonance is when one action or idea is
inconsistent with another, people do all in their power to change either so
that they become consistent.
Stockholm syndrome is a coping mechanism to a captive or abusive
situation. People develop positive feelings toward their captors or abusers
over time. Shetland has both.
It is my belief that you should not break something if you are not willing
to at least try and fix it. I would like to see a society with rules its members
wish to live by, fair money, fair governance and many other benefits.
Shetland can build that society.
In this book I will prove that Shetlanders are the real kings and queens of
Shetland. Nobody possesses power above them.
I am an Englishman and an outsider to Shetland1, although I have lived
here since 2001. As I have delved into this subject my indignance at the
way Shetlanders have been treated by successive crowns and governments
has continued to grow. I make no apology for wanting to expose that
treatment. Shetland is, and always has been, seen as little more than a cash
cow by those governments.
These are the questions I shall try to answer:
1. Is there any proof that Shetland is part of Scotland?
2. If not, have we been told a lie so big we have come to believe it?
3. Is the real truth the enemy of the State?
I have become convinced that what has happened in Shetland is symptomatic of something
larger and that we in Shetland are part of a world wide awakening.
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