I heartily agree. I have been to many Renn Faires and the like, and I have seen some of the same things, and it is hard to seperate the "spirit" (if you will) of wearing a kilt, and the traditions and culture behind it.

On the other side of the coin, I see the the Renn Faire regualrs at Highland Games and I must admit, I get my back up a bit. I have wanted to tell more than one such attendee that we are NOT playing at being a culture, this IS our culture, and the tartans, coats of arms, etc are very real and mean something special to us.

Then I take a great big breath, remind myself it is not worth drawing my sgian dubh over....and have a wee dram. Heck, I'll even offer them a dram (if they are old enough!)