Scotland return to Murrayfield the following Saturday to play world champions South Africa in another tough encounter, before heading tothe north-east to Pittodrie towelcome Samoa on 27 November.
Born, as we are, out of a revolution by those who longed to be free, we welcomethe fact that history is on the move in the Middle East and North Africa, and that young people are leading the way.
But others appear not towelcome this position, including Wu Dawei, the senior Chinese official involved in talks aimed at getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons.
Even the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is about towelcome Mongolia into the fold although Ulan Bator is twice as close tothe Pacific as it is totheNorth Sea.