Enough is Enough

[Freedomlover]

Over the last year or so I have repeatedly seen accounts in this forum about people who just 'had to' see for themselves what might or might not be worn beneath the kilt. Some men were defensive, some amused, some outraged, and some nonplussed.

Allow me to point out (as others have done before me) that lifting a man's kilt in the absense of his permission constitutes at least indecent assault, a misdemeanor, and in many jurisdictions it is sexual assault, a felony of varying degree.

What I would like to know is why men who wish to be taken seriously permit that sort of behavior. Think about it.

[toadinakilt]

Amen. Being as I am a newbie, I've not had that experience yet...but you can bet your bottom dollar that if any nice young lady asks to see, she will not recieve permission. I may just point out some of those nice little facts posted above...

[Dreadbelly]

Hey, I take it seriously. One person lost some teeth because of a kilt lift. And a couple of women have been put in their place. Wife slapped the crap out of one woman.

Nothing pisses me off like that does. And all the double standards that go with it.

[bubba]

This hasn't been a problem for me. I've been asked what's under the kilt but so far nobody has taken the search into their own hands, so to speak.

[Bob C]

While I find such people annoying, and tell them so, I find them far LESS annoying than people who tell me what my attitude about something needs to be.

I'LL decide what's enough for me, thank you.

[Dreadbelly]

What's that smell?

I think it's gasoline.

[davedove]

I'LL decide what's enough for me, thank you.

That's a very good way to put it Bob. Each of us has to draw the line as to what's "enough" for ourselves. Personally, I find the behavior annoying, especially when it happens frequently, but I'm not going to get upset about it. Unless someone crosses my line of appropriateness, I'm going to shrug it off. There's too many other things in this world for me to worry about without letting others tell me how I should feel about an incident.

[Martyn]

I am not realy bothered by people asking, at the recent races one very polite lady asked if she could have a look I did not realy think that it was the time or place for such so I told her that I was wearing pants underneath and she was suddenly not so keen.

Martyn

[MacConnachie]

While I find such people annoying, and tell them so, I find them far LESS annoying than people who tell me what my attitude about something needs to be.

I'LL decide what's enough for me, thank you.

Thanks, Bob. That's pretty much where the axe falls for me, as well.

For me it's very much akin to someone more-than-suggesting what my dietary regimen needs to be. It's a matter of personal choice, and those folks have no more right to tell me what I must eat than I have to make some sort of reciprocating demand.

Choice is a great freedom, and I'll stand firm on my right to exercise that choice, in this and all other matters. Regardless of what others may or may not think of me, as a consequence.

[Raphael]

Some of us actually like that and can't get enough of it.