Letter to The Editor

[Colin]

Ok, Here is the rebutal

Scots deserve more credit than they get

Cynthia Tucker's column was an obvious attempt at humor ("Winter Games on sinking sand," Feb. 22).

Her reference to the Scots was a bit --- well, to be nice, let's just say insulting. She boiled down Scot contributions to civilization to golf and kilts, which she calls "skirts." She missed a few other things that Scots have brought us, such as the telephone, ATMs, car tires, postage stamps, harvesting machines, the decimal point, central banking, radar, television, penicillin, oil refining, the kaleidoscope, the blackboard, time zones, discovery of insulin, criminal fingerprinting, the ultrasound and the American steel industry, among others.

Scots deserve some slack about having invented curling. At some point, a people has to take time to rest between civilization-saving accomplishments.

At least Tucker admits that she is attracted to some men in kilts. As with many women, the modern version of the ancient garment curiously arouses such feelings that they do things such as making pointless references in newspaper columns. Her reference to golf sufficed.

Perhaps we should make March "Scot History Month" to build a richer understanding of the people who brought us the modern world. Oh, did I not mention the whisky?

JIM SUTHERLAND, Atlanta

The Letter to the Editor was an excellent rebuttal.

You are right, that was a good rebutal.