It seems some cruel academic has publicly suggested that the great god of Scottish literature, Robert Burns, might have been a bit unenlightened on the subject of slavery. (Hard to believe, huh?) Here's the article in today's Sunday Herald from Glasgow, but be sure to read the snarky comments. These people take their literary hero worship very seriously.
Is there, for honest poverty,
That hings his head, an' a' that?
The coward slave, we pass him by,
We dare be poor for a' that!
For a' that, an' a' that,
Our toils obscure, an' a' that;
The rank is but the guinea's stamp;
The man's the gowd for a' that ... (more)
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"Notorious for fornication" ha! What a thing to have written in the paper about you umpteen years after your death!
Fascinating article.
Aren't we all the f'ing enlightened bunch, huh ?
Judging people , insisting that great folk be flawless and not prone to the vagaries of their particular time in history....
[As for the fornication, Renee-
Me too !
How about you ?]
I'm off the soapbox now.
[ I can ONLY do this here, because it's you guys]
I'm a virgin.
Yeah, Chaya, it's heartening when people rise above the evils of their era, but it's a lot to demand. It must be said, though, that Burns would not have been alone as an abolitionist, had he chosen that route.
Sadly, no one will ever say I was notorious for fornication. I am a notoriously bad cook and violinist, however.
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