Liam.
As Phil has "seniority" I thought it best if he answer first! I personally have found it very hard to accept that anyone other than a Highland Scot should wear the kilt and threads like this one do not help. My first reaction to threads like this one is to retrench back to my long held beliefs, however common sense does prevail and I relax a wee tad and resort back to my new found acceptence that the civilian kilt is worn by those from around the world. Frankly it is a bitter pill to swallow , but swallow it I must, but I never escape the feeling that the kilt has been usurped by those that wish to take more and more. I quite accept that there is also an element of a Scottish "own goal" here, nevertheless, the "give an inch and they take a mile",or ten, is never far from my mind. That is why I am particularly keen on "steering" some of you with kilt advice to stop you straying too far from the path!
But, I and I venture to suggest mosts Scots, will never accept anyone else from outwith Scotland, taking ownership of the kilt as their national attire. Perhaps when the dust has settled and in a quiet moment you may see that it is unreasonable to expect a nation to surrender their national icon-------yes I see it as that------to non-Scots. That will be one pill too many for this Scot and I suspect for most Scots.
Last edited by Jock Scot; 8th August 13 at 10:01 AM.
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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