Spartan quotes (and more)...

[Ludens]

to represent that the scots where not as sophisticated as the other greeks

actually if you read the quotes properly you´ll understand that spartans considered sophists and the likes as useless at best and dangerous at worst (particulary those parts about being taught evil things from the athenians) so if given a chance i guess spartans would prefer to be described as akin to the scots rather then to the fat indulging americans arrogant brits overly pious irish and so forth so the choice to make a translation not just of the words but of the state of mind of most spartans is positive if it was done to a broader audience

Except that the Scots were never opposed to philosophy - nor do I see many parallels betweens Scottish and Spartan culture. I guess the author just wanted to make the Spartans sound old-fashioned. (That's the problem with using stereotypes as a parallel - it depends on the reader having the same preconception as the author.)

And why are there two pictures in my signature. I only show one in my settings.

I guess you have selected the "extra signature image" option - confusingly, this one is found in the "edit profile" menu rather than "edit signature".