Scotland People Driven From Home

I sat there as yet another refugee looked at me and ran me down with the statement Your ancestors invaded Australia your ancestors invaded New Zealand yet what a racist statement what is the difference today with the refugees coming into Australia what is the difference with the refugees coming into New Zealand are you not escaping the problems of your own country just like our ancestors escaped theirs my Ancestors where Scottish wealthy landowners drove thousands of Scottish people, off the land thousands of Scottish people Who had worked the land for centuries had their land stolen from beneath their feet "Chieftains became absentee landlords interested only in the extraction of rents" Blackfaced sheep were found to be hardy enough to live in the harsh conditions Of Scotlands highlands Thousands of Scottish people that had ploughed the fields and tended the crops were driven from their homes and had to face the daunting sea voyage in cramped and miserable conditions to face an un-tamed country where people had no laws where one wrong step could destroy a persons life New Zealand, where the Maori had the own warriors skills their own type of martial arts where the welcome of the Maori the Harka would scare a football team today having been driven from their land We all need food to survive New Zealand was known as the cannibal Islands of the South pacific Now perhaps you want to re-write history Yes it was your country you have a right to be proud of your Ancestors wars broke out because both sides did not understand each other, wars broke out because of greed, anger, love but we also have a right to be proud of our Ancestors Men and woman going out to face impossible risks because they had no choice.