Quote Originally Posted by CDNSushi View Post
What does that even mean? Are you saying that an American baby adopted into a Burmese family wouldn't have the cultural right to wear one either? Having befriended enough Burmese and Sri Lankans over the years gives me the cultural right as it demonstrates that I have respect and appreciation for their traditional garments.

I also do wear kimono, including "tabi" socks, "fundoshi" underwear, and "geta" sandals. I also cook Japanese food in my kitchen, speak Japanese with my non-Japanese and very Canadian wife, and it doesn't bother me one bit that I have no Japanese blood in me.

I think people get way too caught up in what they feel entitled to do based on their culture, upbringing, or geographical location. We have no choice about when/where/to whom we are born. As such, to a certain extent I think that excessive pride and association with something that I had no choice in is a little silly. I feel that I am a citizen of the world and have the freedom to express myself with a corresponding level of freedom.

CDNSushi, you are participating in those cultures; I am not, and that is all I am saying.