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This kind of hanging on to the coat tails of the Hollywood (they also mention Groundskeeper Willy as a Glaswegian) does nothing at all to help the city. Not in the eyes of those who live elsewhere, and more importantly, not in the eyes of the people who live here. Glasgow has its problems like anywhere else, some of them quite severe, but this kind of ‘bit of fun’ adds embarrassment to the list of things to deal with.

Finally, the quote above is not as simple as it may seem. Alasdair Gray, the author of the book, has himself done a lot in remedying the affliction he talks about. It is in one way meant to reflect an amnesia that the city has about itself. The same thing afflicts Scotland as a whole and has historically been partly induced and partly forced by London. A Scotland that forgets itself is easier to keep in the Union.

It is also happening worldwide. Bali by all accounts is now a Bali theme park and all cities and the little vestiges of independence in thought, culture and design are being stripped away to make the world in which the only time that imagination is allowed is when it is being used to speed up the process of destroying itself in marketing departments everywhere.

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