Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian View Post
Thistledown, the OP is most definitely not going to protest to the turns that this thread has taken. As was mentioned earlier, this is a very interesting exploration of the subject and the tangents are all pretty pertinent. I initially asked to hear from the Native Scots only because I was interested in knowing whether the DoA was important to them in a "living" way or if it was just history. Obviously, a lot of the diaspora feel inspired by it but I felt that they had a more indirect contact with it as opposed to those still living in the "Old Country".

Ladies and gents, by all means, play on! I'm learning a lot here.

Best

AA
Thank you, AA. Then I will repeat what I said earlier: the Arbroath has little relevance to the majority of Scots today, and even less to Highlanders who are pretty involved in the intricacies of daily life. Yes, there is a symbolic political importance for some Scots, but I don't think "inspired by it" accurately describes their feeling as it may do for those generations-removed from Scotland -- and perhaps even longer from the Highlands.