<story><title>Gary McKinnon saved from extradition to the US</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19962844</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>andrewcooke</author><text>and yet, ironically, if it had been an englishman, anything unpleasant would have been cheered on by the scots (for those who are unaware - casual anti-english &apos;racism&apos; is absolutely common, accepted, unquestioned).&lt;p&gt;i lived and worked in scotland for a couple of years.</text></item><item><author>Colliwinks</author><text>&quot;Nobody in England&quot;
Or Scotland, where he&apos;s from.</text></item><item><author>jeswin</author><text>I have been following this for many years. Nobody in England wanted him to be extradited. Most Americans seemed to be against extradition. The rest of the world didn&apos;t want it either.&lt;p&gt;I am surprised this went on for so long.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: My bad. UK, not England!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Tyrannosaurs</author><text>That&apos;s overstating it a bit.&lt;p&gt;In some cases it&apos;s a genuine dislike (and worth noting that it&apos;s one way or at least stronger in one direction - the English are largely indifferent to the Scots) but in most cases these days it&apos;s more a more casual comedy thing, similar to the way the English dislike the French - they don&apos;t really but it&apos;s fun to have a frenemy.&lt;p&gt;As with most prejudice it goes largely with education (or lack of). I&apos;d suggest that anyone who had an opinion on McKinnon (or any similar case) would probably be open minded and informed enough not to really be biased.&lt;p&gt;Just a mild defence of my adopted home - I&apos;m English living in Glasgow and have never seen or experienced any genuine anti-English racism.&lt;p&gt;But we&apos;ll see just how many Scots want shot of the English in a couple of years when we get the independence vote. Current polls suggest that they&apos;re not so anti-English that they want to go their own way...</text></comment>
<story><title>Gary McKinnon saved from extradition to the US</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19962844</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>andrewcooke</author><text>and yet, ironically, if it had been an englishman, anything unpleasant would have been cheered on by the scots (for those who are unaware - casual anti-english &apos;racism&apos; is absolutely common, accepted, unquestioned).&lt;p&gt;i lived and worked in scotland for a couple of years.</text></item><item><author>Colliwinks</author><text>&quot;Nobody in England&quot;
Or Scotland, where he&apos;s from.</text></item><item><author>jeswin</author><text>I have been following this for many years. Nobody in England wanted him to be extradited. Most Americans seemed to be against extradition. The rest of the world didn&apos;t want it either.&lt;p&gt;I am surprised this went on for so long.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: My bad. UK, not England!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>grey-area</author><text>Are you saying that no &lt;i&gt;true&lt;/i&gt; Scotsman likes the English?</text></comment>