OT: grandparents who raped and pillaged

[Peter Hansen]

Laura Creighton wrote:
> 
> Correct, but we went from Lawless, to Law imposed by the English, as
> occupiers.  In our area of Scotland, at any rate, the Scottish Law
> you mention was only for deals within the Scottish Noble classes
> (we didn't have any merchants, as far as my grandfather was able
> to research).  But the Lairds ruled their clansmen as absolute
> despots in our area of the world.  Reading about it makes me think
> that my ancestors resembled a motorcycle gang of roving arsonists,
> robbers, and rapists rather than the picturesque laddies in kilts ...

Welcome to the club.  In my case, replace the motorcycles with
cute little ships with dragon heads on the front, stick a pair
of horns on our helmets, and you've got the picture right. :-)

-looking-on-others-with-dis-dane-ly yr's,
 Peter