Identity in the Scottish Diaspora

[Nathan]

No one can do anything about our ancestors Nathan, they are what they are. However, the Scots that I know and I happen to know more than a few, I also have a fairly large family and also have many Sottish acquaintances so not a large sample of Scotland I grant you. Nevertheless its a large enough sample for me to feel fairly comfortable in thinking as I do. You can quote this, that and the other and be totally convinced in what you say, but that is not how many Scots think.

The above reply to David, is and has always been my stance and in my experience, the stance of others in Scotland.

If you're accurate in your anecdotal claim that acknowledging simple facts is "not how many Scots think" they need to open their minds. Consensus does not equal correctness.

Many people thought the earth was flat. many people thought people of other ethnic or religious groups were less than human, many people thought vaccines caused autism. Like you, those people were all incorrect in the face of the evidence. it matters not what you think. It matters what is so.