Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
The actual point I was trying to get across is that Scots, and by this I include all individuals who live and work within the boundaries of the land known as Scotland, in general prefer not to be seen as some sort of anachronistic kilted society, mired in the beliefs and traditions of a bygone age. Here I can only speak as one of these resident Scots and I would not presume to speak for the Scottish diaspora elsewhere in the world.
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Phil are you not a US citizen expatriated to Scotland? I doubt if a native Scot would agree with your definition of who is a Scot. The fours years I lived as a expat in Kuwait never once would I have thought myself a Kuwaiti.