celtic confederate jackets worm with kilts

[BoldHighlander]

I had some laundry to fold, so had time to think before going to bed. I think this is a straw man argument and not at all analogous to the Confederate uniform/kilt issue. The sporran, while a prominent feature in Highland attire, is in the end, an accessory. Wearing this sporran in honor of the regiment is more analogous to the buttons I wear on my Argyle jacket, or wearing a cap badge that commemorates a relative's or ancestor's service. Wearing a kilt with the Confederate uniform is like taking the top half of one person and the bottom half of another. It isn't borrowing from a uniform in an effort to create an homage, it's altering a uniform and making it something different.

Perhaps (or not), but it was a uniform item (accessory if you wish, but still part of the uniform) worn only by the senior NCO's & the Officers of a particular unit (in this case the A&SH's) that neither you nor I belonged to, and thus neither of us were entitled to wear.

The Argylls have a rather proud history, and I'm sure the jocks who have served in the regiment are just as fiercely proud & loyal to their traditions & uniform (kilt or otherwise) as a former Marine is to his (I know for a fact that they are).

So the analogy of wearing the swinging six was really no different than that of wearing a Marine Corps dress uniform to the VA/or ball that you are not entitled to. The only difference is that a current serving member of the A&SH's gave his blessing & encouraged the wearing of the former uniform item to honour the old Highland tradition......accessory or not its still a portion of the uniform, just as a Confederate shell jacket is just a portion of the overall uniform (or just as a Special Forces green beret is just a portion of their overall uniform, etc, etc).

In the end, it really matters not what any of us say or think, short of physically stripping the jacket off anyone's back, (yeah, right...see how far you get doing that! ), those in the real world will continue to wear the kilt/Confederate uniform combo as they see fit.

.....so much for my self imposed silence on the subject!

"Every time I try to get out, they keep pulling me back in!"