tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749535128392129622.post4450186128085641469..comments2023-09-11T11:01:12.221-05:00Comments on Rivergarth: Scottish Energy and Independence?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749535128392129622.post-7203641795757012632008-07-22T16:43:00.000-05:002008-07-22T16:43:00.000-05:00Thank you for your comments! I think I used the t...Thank you for your comments! I think I used the term Brits for the "sound" of it opposed to Scots.Morning Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756082722300038196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749535128392129622.post-68040921004500858482008-07-22T13:31:00.000-05:002008-07-22T13:31:00.000-05:00The use of the term 'Brits' is one I have seen els...The use of the term 'Brits' is one I have seen elsewhere and, in most cases, shows a misunderstanding about the status of Brits and Scots. The term 'Brits' is derived from the name [Great] Britain which was the name of the country created by the Treaty of Union in 1707 between Scotland and England.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, I noticed from your profile that your 'number one' favourite film is 'Braveheart'. That film has a lot to answer for -<BR/><BR/><I>'For the director and scriptwriter of the film, the concern was not liberty but the taking of liberties...An opportunity to portray Wallace as he was and at the same time, to bring his story, unadulterated, to the audience, was spurned.'<BR/><BR/>SOURCE: 'WILLIAM WALLACE' by Andrew Fisher, page 279, ISBN 0 85976 557 1,<BR/><BR/>'The lack of an understanding of the context has led to the easy acceptance of material that is at best questionable and at worst fraudulent. This is most evident in the film 'Braveheart'. Not content with relying on Blind Harry's largely fictitious poem ' The Wallace' as the sole source of material, the writer, Randall Wallace, simply changed the story to suit a script that made no sort of historical sense and has, in fact, deprived Scottish people of part of their history by effectively undermining the factual material...Although 'Braveheart' did help to make Scots more aware of their past, the damage done to our perception of Wallace and the early period of the Wars of Independence is incalculable. If it is true that a picture paints a thousand words, how damaging is it when the picture is a fantasy?'<BR/><BR/>SOURCE: 'WILLIAM WALLACE: The True Story of Braveheart' by Chris Brown, page 125, ISBN 0-7524-3432-2.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>The 'Sanitization' of Scottish History - http://follonblogs.blogspot.com/Michael Follonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240836734238072216noreply@blogger.com