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	<title>Comments on: What Are Some Things That Are Socially or Culturally Unacceptable in Scotland?</title>
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		<title>By: Lewis D</title>
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Um, what do we find culturally unacceptable? Um not much I suppose, I mean there&#039;s nothing really I can think of that would make me say &quot;Ah! I cannot stand this, this is terrible!&quot; I think that Western culture in general is becoming more homogeneous, and therefore unique cultural taboos are becoming more and difficult to find. 

I suppose the majority of stuff is due to what would be considered polite, like you&#039;d give a gift if First Footing someone on Hogmanay, if paying someone you place the money in their hand instead of on the table etc.

Uh yeh I guess you wouldn&#039;t insult locals, but thats generally being polite, and I suppose it wouldn&#039;t be the best of ideas to praise Thatcher in public (due to anti-Tory feeling due to Thatcherite policies in the 80&#039;s), but then that varies from place to place. As also stated you wouldn&#039;t insult William Wallace, or the Kilt, or Rabbie Burns. But then all these things are just due to etiquette aren&#039;t they?</description>
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<p>Um, what do we find culturally unacceptable? Um not much I suppose, I mean there&#8217;s nothing really I can think of that would make me say &#8220;Ah! I cannot stand this, this is terrible!&#8221; I think that Western culture in general is becoming more homogeneous, and therefore unique cultural taboos are becoming more and difficult to find. </p>
<p>I suppose the majority of stuff is due to what would be considered polite, like you&#8217;d give a gift if First Footing someone on Hogmanay, if paying someone you place the money in their hand instead of on the table etc.</p>
<p>Uh yeh I guess you wouldn&#8217;t insult locals, but thats generally being polite, and I suppose it wouldn&#8217;t be the best of ideas to praise Thatcher in public (due to anti-Tory feeling due to Thatcherite policies in the 80&#8242;s), but then that varies from place to place. As also stated you wouldn&#8217;t insult William Wallace, or the Kilt, or Rabbie Burns. But then all these things are just due to etiquette aren&#8217;t they?</p>
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		<title>By: brave knave</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Shagging sheep on a Sunday.</description>
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<p>Shagging sheep on a Sunday.</p>
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		<title>By: James P</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Making fun of the locals&#039; accent, e.g. by saying things like &quot;A hoo in a hon an&#039; a hoots, mon!&quot;.</description>
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<p>Making fun of the locals&#8217; accent, e.g. by saying things like &#8220;A hoo in a hon an&#8217; a hoots, mon!&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: chuck</title>
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If you are English, don&#039;t ridicule William Wallace.</description>
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<p>If you are English, don&#8217;t ridicule William Wallace.</p>
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