Lowlands of Scotland should apologize for the Highland Clearances

Thank you, but there is a lot of problems with the statement that "England didn't care for Scotland." That is a major error. If an part of England hated any part of Scotland, it was the north and the Midlands.Thank you, your arguments a good as well.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.But you're forgetting one thing, King James the First was the one who led this. This was a deliberate attempt at conquest and driving a people off their land. James the First was behind it all the way. He and his personal troops.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.Only one thing is true though -- the north of England and the midlands didn't care for the Highlands of Scotland. That is true. But the south of England has done a lot for the world. Many modern goods we love came from southern English inventors. The first abolitionist society was made in London, established by many Anglicans. Another note: Winston Churchill was a northerner in ancestry. The Spencer family originated somewhere in the Midlands. The southerners were heavily against Churchill the warmonger. Neville Chamberlain, a well-loved guy, came from the south.Now it's true that some Lowlanders led Highland armies. But they were few. The Lowlands were extremely brutal and cruel against the Highlands.Also saying that England was behind the empire is pretty much implying that the English are Anglo-Saxons and Nordic, which is far from true in the case of the south of England. The Lowlands of Scotland and northern and middle England were the main people behind the empire. It was also in the north of England that slavery was strongest, with the main slave port being in the Liverpool.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."I'm sorry if this comes as a crush to your spirits, but no they are not the same people. Many Lowlanders I know are proud of things like the KKK, imperialism, the British Empire. So many of them who I talk to talk about how they were the best. Lowlanders descend from the very same cruel tyrants that rule in Denmark and Sweden and built their brutal empires. They descend from the very same people who were notorious for racism and KKK-style hatred.In the Lowlands of Scotland exists a guilty-before-proven-innocent system of law. Plus it was the Scots-Irish behind the KKK.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 KnightIt wasn't for profit. I don't believe classism was a case. Anyone can support subjugating another race or ethnicity of people. That's what racism is. They sided with him because the majority of Lowlanders, and northern English were orthodox Christians, and had a "to hell with those who don't believe" attitude. It's not profit. The Lowlanders are the same as the Highlanders.I wish my opponent good luck in the next round and would like to thank him for his comments.Thank you