Swashbuckling

This is highbrow?!  And the moral is?!

Consider:

Scotland in the 18th century was a rough place. Indeed, we were rough, so get used to it. And for goodness' sake don't listen to professional "moralists" who claim they are in a position to tell us anything. Or, more simply, history tells us everything we need to know about the Human Condition, if we have the wisdom to listen.