A long time ago, and in a land far away, I remember The Rev Rosemary Nixon saying something significant to me which I still think true today. (Just once, mind).
She said, in the course of a conversation about my progress through the Scottish Episcopal Church’s exemplary education system, “The trouble is, Kelvin, everyone in Scotland thinks they are an exception”.
Now, by Scotland, I think she meant the SEC. And it is true. It doesn’t matter whether it is financial regulation, charity law, health and safety at work, food safety, child protection or what colour shoes you are expected to wear in the sanctuary. Whatever the norm, law or expectation someone is trying to enforce, the first thing that comes to the Episcopalian mind is, “Oh, I’m sure that does not apply to me”.
It is to do with our history. I blame Bonnie Prince Charlie.
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