20,000 people take to streets of Scotland to protest closure of whisky distillery


	20,000 people take to streets of Scotland to protest closure of whisky distillery

infidel70

7-27-2009 3:04 AM

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7-27-2009 1:59 PM

carrerinyes

7-27-2009 4:18 PM

shaor

you take a scots mans whiskey and there is big trouble! :lol;

7-27-2009 4:18 PM

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