Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Of course, one can argue that you are talking mostly about "battle dress", i.e. camo jackets, trousers, webbing, etc. Which can be bought in many surplus stores.

Regimental tartans have a great deal more tradition and symbolism behind then a surplus camo jacket.
Of course they do, and I don't deny that. What I am arguing against is the snooty attitude about someone wearing surplus. Then there's also the fact that in more than one case, the tartans that we are talking about are not only tartans of that regiment, but also of one or more clans. (Government sett serves as the "base" for multiple tartans, as well as being a Campbell tartan just as it is. Todd, you as a historian have pointed this out youself a time or two on this board.) There's a lot of things like that people forget about when they set out to be snooty.