Re: Do you feel safe?
I'll admit, Cowher, I've lately been a bit aggressive towards folks - especially those who feel like they have been discriminated upon by others in this forum, or feeling that they need to justify *why* they wear a kilt. Mostly due to the fact that I went through a similar thing back around the time that I started here.
I was taken aback quite severely when I found out it was a fairly popular opinion that only Scottish people, that LIVE in Scotland, should ever wear Highland garb.
Only, it didn't turn out to be a "popular" opinion. It turned out (at least on this forum) to be the opinion of one, maybe two people. It isn't even the opinion of the majority of residing Scots on this website!
Personally, I don't agree with trying to "convert" anyone's opinion. If I feel that need, perhaps I'll speak my peace to them and be done with it. If I fail, I most definitely don't have the right to be offended.
Ghandi said "No one can hurt me without my permission.", and ever since I decided that was a practice I would try to follow, my life improved. I stopped getting into fist fights over "words", I stopped feeling insecure and shallow when people talked negatively about me, and I stopped getting mad when someone expressed an unsavory opinion that may or may not affect me.
Personally, life is too short to constantly worry about the opinions of one or two people.
Have fun and throw far. In that order, too. - o1d_dude
Originally Posted by Chas
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