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<div><p><img alt="" height="411" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/im-jealous-of-independence-day-81416.jpg" width="600"></p><p>As a Scotsman living in the U.S. I get the same question, often in tones of anticipatory schadenfraude, every Fourth of July, "How do you feel watching us all celebrate 

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