Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
At the risk of repeating myself, insecurity is not the issue, mild irritation in others perceptions most certainly is. They are not one and the same. I really do not understand why you are wanting to pursue your train of thought when you have been informed, plainly, that you are barking up the wrong tree.
Sorry if I missinterpreted your comment but am referring to this posting....

Originally Posted by Jock Scot
Is it insecurity that causes some of those from outwith these shores to delve so earnestly into their past? Again, is it insecurity that these distant connections to past times, long gone now, that so much is made of them? I think probably so.I find it strange that the Canadians and Americans that I have met are immensely proud of their country, but they above all other nations have this need to cling to the past. The same goes for other nationalities that I have met, there is still this need, but markedly less so and they too are proud of their respective countries and quite right too, but this rather desperate(sorry) clinging to the past is baffling to most over here.
Jock,