Climate towards Scottish independence

[Scottish_Republican]

Originally Posted by NovaBritannia

No, but it is part of a state that foreigners have a tendancy to call by whatever name they fancy - if they derive that from the main tribe (and I remind you that Scottish culture in the modern day is a mainly Anglo-Saxon one) then that's their business.

Equally, Albion - and its derivatives, including Alba, are (as I recall) believed to refer to the white cliffs of Dover. Scotland is not in Dover, but on the same island.

Both Alba and Albion have been hijacked politically...

"I remind you that Scottish culture in the modern day is a mainly Anglo-Saxon one"

No it isn't. Scottish culture has as much input from the French, Normans, Irish, Norse, Picts etc as it has done from the Anglo-Saxons who only ever occupied a fraction of the country.

The main Anglo-Saxon input into our lives, if there is justification for using an anachronistic term - is the British media, which has done more to destroy Scottish culture than anything else.

[NovaBritannia]

Originally Posted by Scottish_Republican

No it isn't. Scottish culture has as much input from the French, Normans, Irish, Norse, Picts etc as it has done from the Anglo-Saxons who only ever occupied a fraction of the country.

I disagree. Scottish culture is basically a different strand of Anglo-Saxon culture, sharing roots with modern English culture. There's basically no difference nowadays except for some shortbread tins and kilts.

[Scottish_Republican]

Originally Posted by NewBritain

There's basically no difference nowadays except for some shortbread tins and kilts.

It's called cultural genocide, by the way. When you wipe out another person's culture deliberately through education, state force and the media. That's what makes us similar.

Anyway, feast your eyes on this SexyMSP.com - who gets YOUR vote?