Scottish outlook on kilted Americans?

[Nathan]

This is a debate of definitions. What a word means depends on the context in which it is being used. Objectively, the word Scot is an ethnic as well as a civic term. The concept of ethnicity seems lost on Jock and Phil but in a land of multicultural reality, the concept is vital. Ethnicity encompasses elements of both genetics and cultural practices. There is no such thing as an ethnic Canadian really. Even aboriginals refer to themselves as ethnic Cree or Mohawk etc... Scots are the third largest ethnic group in Canada and the largest ethnic group in Nova Scotia. I'm not a Scottish national but I am an ethnic Scot. This is a matter of objective fact and the most cursive glance at a dictionary or encyclopedia entry under the term will bear me out on that. Jews didn't stop being Jews when they left Judea and Scots didn't stop being Scots when they left Scotland. Just like there are ethnic Kurds in Iraq, there are ethnic Scots outside of Scotland. So no Jock, in point of fact I am not a non-Scot. I am a Canadian National and an ethnic Scot.