Lowlands of Scotland should apologize for the Highland Clearances

Thank you, your arguments a good as well. Now, modernity is a very subjective term, bro. Is everything that's modern necessarily good? Aye, in this case it was sure the people were not treated as they should but you have to look at the big picture. As I said before If the country is not making money then everyone will fall into poverty. I mean with no one to work the factories, how would the country make trade and therefore they will make no profit. If they stayed behind the other nations that would put Britain at the bottom and that is the last place a country wants to be. Now, what you say about Scottish Highlands improvement in the standard of living -- that might have come from English aid. England is one of the many countries that donates a lot to international aid and relief funds, with many offices in London and Bristol. England is a very giving country. But the Lowlanders weren't helping them. They were launching ruthless wars. They were extremely racist against the Highlanders too. The Potato famine was an act of greed on the Lowlanders part. They tried to steal potatoes to enrich the people live in the Lowlands and in cities like Glasgow, Edinburgh, Yorkshire, and Liverpool. Meanwhile, relief efforts to help the Irish were started in London. The English did not really care for Scotland, On wages day the Scot's would receive less then an English worker for the same job. Also the Scot's were living in poverty and squalor If it was not for rebellion on the Scot's part then the English would never have entered. They aided because it was burning a hole in their pocket sending troops to crush rebellion after rebellion, and they wanted political stability. Actually the potato famine was not an act of greed, because first of all it was no ones fault that it happened and the Lowlanders did help the Highlanders. And the Lowlanders had to supply the big cities, where the majority of the people live. What did the Highlanders do? They were an honest and innocent people that minded their own business. They've had to put up with centuries of oppression, from the Anglo-Saxon invaders, the Danish, and the Lowland Scots. The Highlander history is rough, much like Scotland. Well the Highlanders are just as guilty as the Lowlanders, evicting fellow Highlanders and Lowlanders. You are acting as if the Highlanders were the only ones being driven off their lands ( I wish). The truth is that both are as guilty as the other. Also the Highlanders were not always persecuted, look what happened to the Picts. They were forced into a new and different religion and some were put to death because they did not convert. This was done by the Gaels which would be the new Highlanders. Also Scotland has been united for sometime especially under Alexander the Second, So don't consider them different, we are all Scots. "One people, one nation." On another subject, Highland Scots, along with the English, Welsh and Irish were subject to slavery at British hands. It's unfair to say that just black people were subjected to this. Oliver Cromwell (who was a Midlander by the way, with the Lowland Scots being his allies) also led a vicious invasion of Ireland in order to use the Irish for testing ground as slaves, raping their women at every given chance. Aye Oliver committed these crimes, all I have to say of this is that sure he had some Lowlanders as allies (once again they did this for profit) But not ever single Lowlander participated in this in fact Henry Dundas, which was the lord advocate of Scotland defended Joseph Knight against his master John Wedderburn, The case went to the court of session in Edinburgh the highest court in Scotland. Scotland's High judges in Edinburgh( which is in the Lowlands) voted for the freedom of Joseph Knight I wish my opponent good luck in the next round and would like to thank him for his comments. http://livingstonfamily.org... http://www.nas.gov.uk... http://www.islandguide.co.uk...