Quote Originally Posted by Peter C. View Post
Todd,

You have taken a small part of my posting out of context.

Captain wants to design a tartan for his modern family, which he can do and he can have it registered. As you say it is how the individual feels, and that is how he feels.

gilmore seemed to be suggesting that Captain shouldn't do that and rather than saying something negative to gilmore, I just gave Captain some moral support.

Of course it is not a competition between older and newer tartans. Indeed my favorite tartan and the only one I have strong connections to is from the 18th century. If my family today designed it's own tartan, (I have no desire to do that) I would certainly feel closer to it than any other tartan. Maybe you wouldn't but as you say it's all a matter of how the individual feels.

So I am sorry if my statement upset you but I was just referring to Captains situation. I don't quite know how you can read into that, that I was suggesting that some people did not have strong connections to their clan tartans.

Anyone who has read the posts on xmarks for a couple of days can see how strongly people feel about their clan connections and clan tartans. I think all of us, even those without any connections, respect that.

Anyway I apologize again.

Peter
Peter,

No worries -- you are quite right; after reading this post, and re-reading your original post, I see where you're going.

I certainly support Captain's efforts to design a tartan for his immediate family.

I'm afraid Bryan took my comment about my strong ties to my ancestors out of context as well; My immediate family inspires my connection to my ancestors, as well as my wife's French Cajun heritage.

I'll blame it on not enough coffee.

Cheers,

Todd