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Minnemooseus
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02-16-2006 6:06 PM

I think that the Death of a Scotsman (Re: the "no true Scotsman" fallacy) topic has run seriously amuck. What I am shooting for here, is a narrow condensed version of that topic.
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What is a "True Scotsman"? Is there really such a thing? What are the essential characteristic(s) that makes one Scottish? What characteristic(s) would make one non-Scottish?
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Any considerations of Christianity (or anything else) is OFF-TOPIC, unless you consider being or not being a Christian (or anything else) to be an essential characteristic of being Scottish.
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Starting point: A "True Scotsman" is someone who was born in Scotland.
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Moose
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Submitted for the "Coffee House"
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02-16-2006 6:44 PM

Thread copied to the Purely a "True Scotsman" topic (Christianity is off-topic) thread in the Coffee House forum, this copy of the thread has been closed.
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