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| The Glencoe Massacre's 320-year-old curse on my name | The Glencoe Massacre's 320-year-old curse on my name |
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| Ever since the Campbell-led government troops massacred 38 MacDonalds in Glencoe on 13 February 1692, people called Campbell have had a bad press. It wasn't just that we murdered the MacDonalds in their beds that caused such a bad stench in history, but that for the previous two weeks they had shown us great hospitality. | Ever since the Campbell-led government troops massacred 38 MacDonalds in Glencoe on 13 February 1692, people called Campbell have had a bad press. It wasn't just that we murdered the MacDonalds in their beds that caused such a bad stench in history, but that for the previous two weeks they had shown us great hospitality. |
| Of course the perpetrators weren't all Campbells, and the reality surrounding the event is much more complex than history suggests – so it's no wonder that for the past 400 years we've been excusing ourselves. Though I do have a more balanced approach than most, since my mother was a MacDonald: legitimately, I have a chip on both shoulders. | Of course the perpetrators weren't all Campbells, and the reality surrounding the event is much more complex than history suggests – so it's no wonder that for the past 400 years we've been excusing ourselves. Though I do have a more balanced approach than most, since my mother was a MacDonald: legitimately, I have a chip on both shoulders. |
| But just think for a moment of the great gifts our clan has bestowed upon the universe – Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy; Naomi Campbell's beauty and diamonds; Ming Campbell's sprints and liberalism; Sir Malcolm Campbell's land-speed records; Campbell's soup; and Alastair Campbell's spin-doctoring. | But just think for a moment of the great gifts our clan has bestowed upon the universe – Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy; Naomi Campbell's beauty and diamonds; Ming Campbell's sprints and liberalism; Sir Malcolm Campbell's land-speed records; Campbell's soup; and Alastair Campbell's spin-doctoring. |
| The name Campbell is derived from combining two Gaelic words – Cam, meaning crooked and Beul meaning mouth. Which possibly explains why Alastair became such a fine modern exponent of the dark arts of – but sadly not even he could put a positive spin on the name. | The name Campbell is derived from combining two Gaelic words – Cam, meaning crooked and Beul meaning mouth. Which possibly explains why Alastair became such a fine modern exponent of the dark arts of – but sadly not even he could put a positive spin on the name. |
| History has judged us and I don't suppose that all the soup in the whole world will redeem it. Though we still retain our deadliest weapon: that Rhinestone Cowboy ringtone. | History has judged us and I don't suppose that all the soup in the whole world will redeem it. Though we still retain our deadliest weapon: that Rhinestone Cowboy ringtone. |
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