On 6/22/2013 11:10 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 22/06/2013 11:12 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 6/22/2013 10:38 AM, casa bona wrote:
>>> On 6/22/2013 7:12 AM, Kalmia wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, June 22, 2013 6:45:11 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> I got to thinking about this later. It is pretty much the same in
>>>>> UK. Many
>>>>>
>>>>> Scots hate the English. Most will not show it, but if you hear those
>>>>> when
>>>>>
>>>>> there are no English around ... otoh most English love the Scots.
>>>>> Work that
>>>>>
>>>>> one out
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps if you explain just how sovereign a nation Scotland is, or
>>>> isn't, we would better understand.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> William Wallace.
>>
>> If you are thinking of the Mel Gibson version of history...it bears
>> little resemblance to what actually happened.
>>
>
>
> So true. He has been in a number of movies where the British had
> committed atrocities against Mel's team, based on incidents that had
> been committed by others. For instance, locking the people in a church
> and setting fire to it. Never done by the British in the real world, but
> there will be lots of people who will accept it as fact.

If you're referring to "Patriot" you just shifted historical idioms.