In 1707 when the so called Union of the Crowns took place it was against the desire of the
overwhelming [95 %] majority of Scottish people .
In 1745 the last freedom battle took place at Culloden,and the independence movement was
finally defeated .There is monument in the open air to this terrrible slaughter. But they
[[the English were not finished with the Scots. The Butcher ,the duke of cumberland,sent
out a decree that every boy ,man of 15/16 or more who had survived ,was to be put to the
sword,and they were.
Later the English decided that they wanted the profitable sheep farming business,so they burned
down the houses of all those whose land they wanted. The luckier ones were able to get onto
boats going to the States or Canada with their very few belongings,but the others were forced
onto barren rocks,where many of course died. They were made to feel by these 'great and good
English 'and their lackies,[ border scots mainly] that they had made God angry,and so it was their fault. Some Scots have long memories,passed from generation to generation, of the horrors that happened to their peoples .For them ,who came from loving supportive communities,where wealth was more shared
as Jesus woud have it, it was doubly terrible ,because the ones who took their place were greedy
money grubbers, ruthless snobs[for no reason except ignorance] who had no loyalty to any higher purpose of love.
So those who know the price of everything ,and the value of nothing ,would not begin to understand
the love of tribal peoples for each other,and their true worship of God,without all the 'ritual' and money .
