Last night I watched (for about the third time) the action movie, The Rock.
I laughed my socks off when Sean Connery (weather beaten ex-SAS released from prison to help fight renegade marines) quoted Oscar Wilde (witty Irish dramatist) to Ed Harris (balding bad guy) in that all-knowing way of his - creased forehead, one eyebrow slightly raised and talking out the side of his mouth.
It's the Scottish referendum today and with Connery noted for his Scottish patriotism, his character's usage of the quote "Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious" rather appealed to my sense of humour.
And then after I'd had a good old chuckle we got back to the deadly nerve gas and blowing up the bad guys.
Yay.
And just because it is referendum day, I am going to throw in another quote:
"I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred, no bitterness towards anyone."
Edith Cavell.
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