Hmmm.

I have read other threads on this forum that encourage non-Scots to wear the kilt. Even Hamish and Mathew Newsome have said that it is OK for anyone to wear the tartan of their choice.
(See Mathew's article: http://www.scottishtartans.org/advice.htm )

This thread seems totaly different...am I correct in thinking that the opinion of many is that many of us do not have the "right" to wear tartans of a clan that we do not belong to? (I am not Scot at all...American with German / Sweedish roots.)

I agree that if I wore a tartan I would at least know the name and a little background before I wore it, out of respect, but if I really liked a tartan and it was available to wear, I would wear it. (With the exception of anything that was illegally copied.)