[ottbmare]

Well, I would not condemn him as a commie. Economic conditions were so dreadful back then, there were so many people suffering and actually starving to death in Scotland and the abuses of the aristocracy so cruel and prevalent, that a compassionate soul who could not predict the future might well support some ideas to equalize matters a bit.

But he was pretty hard on the womenfolk, for sure! Poor Jean bore him nine children, and it seems he could hardly look at a woman without starting a child. A naughty lad.

[what's up]

Economic conditions were so dreadful back then, there were so many people suffering and actually starving to death in Scotland and the abuses of the aristocracy so cruel and prevalent, that a compassionate soul who could not predict the future might well support some ideas to equalize matters a bit.

Also the excuse for the Bolsheviks.

[Miss_Meyet]

...But he was pretty hard on the womenfolk, for sure! Poor Jean bore him nine children, and it seems he could hardly look at a woman without starting a child. A naughty lad.

Well...I suppose that "A Man's A Man for A' That." :)

Happy birthday, Rabbie! I'm going to pass on the haggis, though.

[Timocrat]

A naughty lad.

But eventually a penintent one.

Reader attend-whether thy soul
Soars fancy flights beyond the pole
Or darkling grubs this earthly hole
In low Pursuit
Know, prudent, cautious, self controul
Is wisdom's root.