Quote Originally Posted by Alan H View Post
I wrote four paragraphs. Then, before I "hit the button" I went and got a cup of coffee. I remembered that this forum is about clothes. **CLOTHES** so I deleted what I wrote and posted this instead.
Point well taken, Allen. As you can see, I chose to delete my comments as well, because I acted too hastily in my reply. I do not totally agree with you in saying the forum is just about clothes, because for many of us, those "clothes" do have symbolic meaning. Perhaps that is the reason why we can talk about traditional Highland attire ad nauseum is because of the rich history and heritage behind them.

Just so you know, I have no problem, Todd, with you or your choices in what to wear. However, there are others on the forum who choose to dress more conservatively, with whom I have a very great problem. The issue as I see it is not "trad bashing" or "contemporary-bashing". In fact "traditional" and "contemporary" are pretty irrelevant in this case. It's just that most of the guys on the forum are pretty nice guys......and some, a very few.....are not.

We'll leave it at that.
Fair enough, Allen. As a friend of mine, an ex-Chief Stoker in the Royal Australian Navy, used to say: "we can agree to disagree without being disagreeable."

T.