Battle of Bannockburn

[Jock Scot]

You're making this history teacher cry, Jock.

T.

I am sorry to upset you Todd and history is very important and The Battle of Bannockburn was a milestone victory for the Scots, to what end though?Four centuries of murder, mayhem,double dealing ,religeous intolerance, general skulduggery and self(not national)interest by the Scots followed.Even when a Hannoverian led British army finaly sorted all that out in 1746 with, to say the least, very dubious methods, did the Scots stop the cruelty?No way! To add insult to greivous injury, some,I repeat, some Scots had a hand in making their countrymens plight more grim by being involved in the clearances.Then the Scots have the gall to blame the English,or anybody else, for their mainly self inflicted woes and misdeeds .We are at least, now, some 700 years after the famous Scots victory, all trying to get this wonderful country to have some respect.Sorry to harp on,but lets leave the rose tinted glasses off and by recognising our failings we will,perhaps, be more united than we have ever been.