[Starwolf]

‘The British hounded my forefathers through the Highlands and eventually out of our homeland.’

The scots are British - scotland is part of Britain, therefore they must’ve hounded themselves! Which is exactly what they did, clan on clan while the English watched.

your ignorances of history is breathtaking...it rivals that of the liberals running for president. Start with reading about Edwards Longshanks and go from there...

[ExpatGator]

Technically he is correct, as it is all the “British Isles”. Beyond that he is fair game!

Notice he does not capitalize Scotland.

[RedMonqey]

The scots are British - scotland is part of Britain, therefore they must?ve hounded themselves! Which is exactly what they did, clan on clan while the English watched.

I think what britemp means that it was the English you should point the blame at hounding your (mine too)Scots ancestry. And yes some Scot nobles thought themselves as more kin to English Royalty than fellow Scotsmen and sided with the Crown against fellow countrymen.

At least that's what I think he means...

And unless you're an native of the British Isles I'd be a bit more hesitant about lecturing a Brit about his history .

Just my opinion and it's worth every penny ya paid for. ;_)

[the scotsman]

Mate, I have a BA in History from Glasgow University(specialisation of Ancient/Medieval Scots History) and have also lectured/written.

And I concur with the posters point.You of all people should know what Britain and ‘the British’ means.I am astonished that a historian of Britain would not know Britain/British does NOT mean ‘England’.

And you of all people should know that some of the darker moments in British/Scottish history post 1707,such as the Highland Clearances, were mainly or at the least equally the work of Scots landowners. To blame ‘the English’ for the Highland Clearances is the worst ‘bad history’.

Not to mention the now forgotten ‘Lowland Clearances’ which were very much the work of a Scottish govt and nobility.