by Wee Hamish

I was out with some pals last weekend. We talked about lots of things, ranging from football, to TV shows, to politics, all accompanied by fairly large amounts of alcohol.

On the topic of football, our wee group included supporters of three different teams. The conversation was, as you’d expect, divisive, with each person promoting their own team and sneering at the others.

The TV shows were only a bit less divisive, with a couple of the gang announcing they actually quite liked the Great British Bake Off. Seriously. That was quite divisive.

And, on politics, as you’d imagine, the conversation became quite heated, and was definitely divisive.

The odd thing is that, at the end of the evening, we are all still pals and can still have a good laugh at and with each other. It makes me think that anyone who actually falls out over divisive conversation really ought to take a look at themselves to see where the problem really lies.