Clan Donald Worldwide on Facebook, a group with over 1000 members, have included in their membership rules, that supporting Highland Titles is not compatible with membership of the Clan Donald Worldwide group.
https://www.facebook.com/download/595308380577699/GroupPolicy-HighlandTitles-01a.pdf
Some quotations from the document:
"This group of charlatans, operating form Alderney in the Channel Islands, and with no real connection to Scotland except what they can charm out of innocent and unsuspecting people, who just want to celebrate their heritage, have to be stopped. I cant do it on my own, and others have met some unbelievable challenges in the past. Some have been vilified, others reported to Facebook. Fake Fb accounts have been setup and identity theft has been practiced to post stuff that leaves honest people looking like bad rubbish. So, when I post this, I expect to get some hassle. Hey ho. Our friends in Glencoe are extremely upset by this company trading upon their local and heritage identity.
The first thing I can do is this:
I declare that association with Highland Titles - Glencoe Estates, in any of their guises, is incompatible with membership of CDWw."
"ANYBODY WHO IS IN THE CLAN DONALD WORLDWIDE GROUP, and who is found to have an active 'like' on the Glencoe Highland Titles Fb page, or who shares their pictures, in the group or elsewhere, will be reminded of this document and asked to read it. If they have not seen fit to discontinue their support for this odious organisation, they WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE GROUP"
Update - The Press And Journal newspaper covered this story. Rather oddly the online version of the story about Highland Titles has been removed from the Press And Journal website. I can think of two reasons for this, either Highland Titles have threatened legal action and the newspaper is reluctant to get involved in a costly legal battle even if they win the case. Or Highland Titles have contacted the Press And Journal and related some cock and bull story about the character of Mr MacDonald the administrator of the Facebook page and it has been withdrawn "just in case". Such is the style and nasty nature of Highland Titles, I do hope that the Press And Journal will publish an explanation of this, though I seriously doubt that will ever happen.
Not that it really matters, I have a copy of the text of the article and will put up a scanned copy of the physical newspaper when I get a minute.
Meanwhile here are the important quotations from the article, this is not the full article.
"Press And Journal 10 September 2014
A Scottish clan has accused a company of “trading upon the misery and carnage” of an infamous massacre by selling plots of land that give the impression of being in Glencoe.
Clan Donald Worldwide (CDWw) has warned its members to have nothing to do with the company, Highland Titles. And it now states in its membership rules that anyone who fails to heed this advice will be excluded.
The clan points out that the plots being offered for sale – which range from £29.99 for 1sq ft to £499.99 for 1,000sq ft – are not even in Glencoe.
Chas Mac Donald, of CDWw, has stated to members: “Their operation is not based in Glencoe. It is a good distance away, in Duror and Appin. They are trading upon the misery and carnage that was the Massacre of Glencoe.
He says they are taking advantage of “innocent and unsuspecting people, who just want to celebrate their heritage”.
Mr Mac Donald declared that association with Highland Titles – Glencoe Estates, in any of its guises, was incompatible with membership of CDWw.
He wrote: “Anybody who is in the Clan Donald Worldwide group and who is found to have an active ‘like’ on the Glencoe Highland Titles Facebook page, or who shares their pictures, in the group or elsewhere, will be reminded of this document and asked to read it. If they have not seen fit to discontinue their support for this odious organisation, they will be removed from the group. ""
https://www.facebook.com/download/595308380577699/GroupPolicy-HighlandTitles-01a.pdf
Some quotations from the document:
"This group of charlatans, operating form Alderney in the Channel Islands, and with no real connection to Scotland except what they can charm out of innocent and unsuspecting people, who just want to celebrate their heritage, have to be stopped. I cant do it on my own, and others have met some unbelievable challenges in the past. Some have been vilified, others reported to Facebook. Fake Fb accounts have been setup and identity theft has been practiced to post stuff that leaves honest people looking like bad rubbish. So, when I post this, I expect to get some hassle. Hey ho. Our friends in Glencoe are extremely upset by this company trading upon their local and heritage identity.
The first thing I can do is this:
I declare that association with Highland Titles - Glencoe Estates, in any of their guises, is incompatible with membership of CDWw."
"ANYBODY WHO IS IN THE CLAN DONALD WORLDWIDE GROUP, and who is found to have an active 'like' on the Glencoe Highland Titles Fb page, or who shares their pictures, in the group or elsewhere, will be reminded of this document and asked to read it. If they have not seen fit to discontinue their support for this odious organisation, they WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE GROUP"
Update - The Press And Journal newspaper covered this story. Rather oddly the online version of the story about Highland Titles has been removed from the Press And Journal website. I can think of two reasons for this, either Highland Titles have threatened legal action and the newspaper is reluctant to get involved in a costly legal battle even if they win the case. Or Highland Titles have contacted the Press And Journal and related some cock and bull story about the character of Mr MacDonald the administrator of the Facebook page and it has been withdrawn "just in case". Such is the style and nasty nature of Highland Titles, I do hope that the Press And Journal will publish an explanation of this, though I seriously doubt that will ever happen.
Not that it really matters, I have a copy of the text of the article and will put up a scanned copy of the physical newspaper when I get a minute.
Meanwhile here are the important quotations from the article, this is not the full article.
"Press And Journal 10 September 2014
A Scottish clan has accused a company of “trading upon the misery and carnage” of an infamous massacre by selling plots of land that give the impression of being in Glencoe.
Clan Donald Worldwide (CDWw) has warned its members to have nothing to do with the company, Highland Titles. And it now states in its membership rules that anyone who fails to heed this advice will be excluded.
The clan points out that the plots being offered for sale – which range from £29.99 for 1sq ft to £499.99 for 1,000sq ft – are not even in Glencoe.
Chas Mac Donald, of CDWw, has stated to members: “Their operation is not based in Glencoe. It is a good distance away, in Duror and Appin. They are trading upon the misery and carnage that was the Massacre of Glencoe.
He says they are taking advantage of “innocent and unsuspecting people, who just want to celebrate their heritage”.
Mr Mac Donald declared that association with Highland Titles – Glencoe Estates, in any of its guises, was incompatible with membership of CDWw.
He wrote: “Anybody who is in the Clan Donald Worldwide group and who is found to have an active ‘like’ on the Glencoe Highland Titles Facebook page, or who shares their pictures, in the group or elsewhere, will be reminded of this document and asked to read it. If they have not seen fit to discontinue their support for this odious organisation, they will be removed from the group. ""
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