First, while Scottish nationalism has many honorable roots and aspirations, the campaign and its incubation showed a nasty tinge of chauvinism and an occasionally brutish hostility toward pluralism, reflected, for example, in the intimidation of some journalists. Overall, the English took on the role of what philosophers and social scientists call the “other,” an alien threatening force, in the pro-independence campaign.
首先，尽管苏格兰民族主义拥有可歌可泣的传统和壮志，但该运动及其酝酿表现出令人厌恶的沙文主义色彩，并且时不时对多元主义表现出粗野的敌意——比如，不少记者的恫吓就是明证。总体而言，在亲独立运动中，英国扮演了哲学家和社会学家所谓的“他者”，一种外部威胁势力。英格兰人是天天与苏格兰人相伴的恶棍。现在我们必须把这些全部忘掉。