Boycott Scotland?

Before you take a stand against Scotland for releasing a dying old scapegoat from prison for alleged participation in the Lockerbie jet bombing, you might want to remember what else Scots have brought us. You can't call your friends to organize your boycott, or you'll use a telephone invented by a Scot, Alexander Graham Bell. As you go to the store remember that the tires on your car were invented by a Scot, John Boyd Dunlop, so you should walk. When you think about hitting the ATM on your way to buy non-Scot goods, remember it was invented by a Scot, John Adrian Shepherd-Barron.

When you bring those non-Scot goods home to put in the fridge, remember it was invented by a Scot, James Harrison in 1851. Don't microwave your food. It was invented by Scots. When you sit back to watch TV tonight, remember that John Logie Baird invented it, so turn it off. If you have an infection, remember that penicillin was invented by a Scot, Sir Alexander Fleming, so anti-biotics are out. And in terms of national security, our Navy, founded by John Paul Jones, a Scot, has plenty of radar systems, invented by Physicist, Sir Robert Watson-Watt. Should we boycott them?

Use your encyclopedia, invented by Scots, to look up exactly what you should be boycotting. Don't use decimal points, quinine, fax machines, anesthetics, antisepsis, food that was harvested with a reaping machine, banks, Buicks, golf, Halloween, historical novels, iron bridges, marmalade, raincoats, thermos bottles and, of course, whisky.

Or, you could read more about the actual case against Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and his medical condition and realize that boycotting Scotland is a mistake and we should appreciate what Scots have brought us, for Auld Lang Syne.