Quote Originally Posted by An t-Ileach
... Surely to treat the clan tartan as a trivial thing is insulting to the people of that clan, and many have suffered terrible things for their clan affiliation. We should respect their memory through respecting their tartan...
I agree.

However, tartans are treated trivially all the time... underwear, jacket linings, packaging... and nobody cares what tartan it is. A woman carrying a tartan handbag... nobody cares about the tartan. A tartan lumberjack shirt worn by a farmer... again, nobody cares. The ONLY TIME that tartan seems to take on any significance is when it is being worn by a MAN in the form of a KILT!

DUPLICITY at its finest!

It's not about tartan... it's about tartan kilts. The kilt is a recognized talisman and a totem. However, it leads me to wonder which has more meaning... the tartan or the kilt. Or perhaps it's the tartan that legitamizes the kilt in peoples minds. Or is it the other way around? (I'm stumped.)

How many people wear football jerseys that never played football? Anybody care?!

There is deeper psychology at work here that is beyond my modest brain.


blu