B.P. = Bit of Perspective?

[Combwork]

Originally Posted by Boreas

I think the Highlanders may well have used it as an insult to the Lowland Scots who sided with the English since by doing so they would have been "nae better than a Sassenach".

John

I think it may have been more than this. The English 'though hated, were seen as the enemy (especially after the Highland clearances) but kind of respected. Some lowlanders not only fought on the English side, they benefited from the subsequent land grab and loathed as traitors. As an Englishman married to a Scottish girl, in 26 years living in Scotland I've only got involved in trouble in a bar once, when a drunken Scott took exception to my English accent.

To go back a bit further, despite not happening directly between England and Scotland, Scots have long memories.

Accurate or not, the following is from Wikipedia.

The Massacre of Glencoe occurred in Glen Coe, Scotland, in the early morning of 13 February 1692, during the era of the Glorious Revolution and Jacobitism. In Scottish Gaelic, the event is named 'Mort Ghlinne Comhann' (murder of Glen Coe). The massacre began simultaneously in three settlements along the glen—Invercoe, Inverrigan, and Achnacon—although the killing took place all over the glen as fleeing MacDonalds were pursued. Thirty-eight MacDonalds from the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by the guests who had accepted their hospitality, on the grounds that the MacDonalds had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, William and Mary. Another forty women and children died of exposure after their homes were burned

Are you from Scotland John?

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by davidb

I don't think anybody is sitting on hands. It's just a very unfortunate accident that everybody including the gubment is trying to fix. Blame Blame Blame. It is a shame that we can't blame China or Obama for it. Wake up America. We are not perfect. I'm loosing my beautiful beaches as we speek but I don't blame anyone. Let's just do what Americans do and fix this shit.

how?

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