Native Scots vs the scottish diaspora

**Sir William** · 9th January 12, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

That it is. However, I think this thread and a couple of others going at the moment, if nothing else, has made the point that some Scots are not overly enthused with the idea and more to the point some non Scots would do themselves a favour in taking more notice of this than perhaps they have.

I am not blaming anyone, apart from the tourist industry of the last two hundred years, for this state of affairs. Why should a non Scots know? They have been fed a whole heap of mumbo-jumbo for a couple of centuries. The problem is tying to undo the misinformation of the past. Righting preconceived ideas has never been easy and is rarely popular.

We are in complete concurrence. Ironically, in this age of technological access to massive amounts of information, there are those who still insist on relying on the misinformation that meets with their preconceived ideas and expectations. It is far more difficult to educate the misinformed than the uninformed.

**RockyR** · 9th January 12, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by Sir William

It is far more difficult to educate the misinformed than the uninformed.

Now THAT is a succinct way to put it and I find it's completely true.

**Peter Crowe** · 9th January 12, 10:43 AM

@ Rocky's response to Sir William

"Now THAT is a succinct way to put it and I find it's completely true."

Having tried to teach American High School students that the original 13 Colonies fought a War of Independence against an entity called Great Britain not an entity called England (which ceased to formally exist as a sovereign state 69 years earlier), I completely agree.