Ancestral shame ping.
“Ancestral shame ping.”
Me too.
Someone asked on another thread “Whatever happened to the land of “You can take our lives but never our freedom!”?
I was discussing this with a close friend (also of Scots heritage) just the other day.
We came to the conclusion that any Scots who carried the fierce independence (ala William Wallace and Robert the Bruce) in their bones have long since left the Old World for America, Australia, New Zealand or other venues that offered freedom and challenge.
Few of the old blood remain. The bulk now are Fabians, Lackeys, Socialists and amateur whiskey tasters.
I am ashamed to say that the town from which my father hailed is sometimes called “Little Moscow” in reference to the large number of Communists there. I have one uncle left there. He’s 86 years old and works every day.
Unfortunately he’s the only one in the family who does.
All the Freedom loving Scots left for America in the 1700's. Those that remained are genetically deficient.