Gold Brothers, aka...

[highlander_Daz]

I apolopogise if my comments have appered disrespectful however I would like to put forward my perspective, particulally for Overseas Xmarkers or people how have not visited the Royal mile.

bear in mind most of the products sold are symbols of HIGHLAND culture, not just generic Scottish, now Imagine if I travelled to the united States, an area with a high population of Native Americans, Imagine if I visited a garish gift shop selling Native American "souveniers" many of which could be considered "tacky" or cheap versions copies of more authentic souvineers made by native Americans . Imagine that the store is owned and staffed by, for example chinese people, some of whom had adopted native American sounding names, would our American xmarkers not ask Why ?

would any xmarkers think that a Native American might be forgiven for being offended that symbols of his culture were being used to sell tacky souveniers? . and that possibly the people selling them were not 100% respectful of Native american culture.

this is how I feel when I see symbols of ighland culture being used in this way, I have to say that Its not GB that are doing this, and I respect that GB are very astute business people, that obviously cater for demand. I have made my point and put my views across, I hope in a reasoned way, I feel very strongly about how Highland and Scottish culture is presented. Im dissapointed that Heather chose to sidestep my questions.