georgeeta,

I would like to answer your question as directly and as straight forward as possible. The decision of what is suitable for topics and discussion on this forum have nothing to do personalities, personal morals or, has been suggested, personal sensibilities being bruised. It is only about staying within a simple set of published rules.

One of the guiding principals of this forum is:

""We understand that as a kilt specific forum our chosen subject of discussion is not the complete spectrum of life." Over the years we have found certain subjects always seem to result in discord. Therefore, we respectfully ask our members to remember that this is a kilt forum and to leave their Politics, Religion and Weapons at the door.

We also have two rules which could be applicable here. Here is our published Rule #11:

"Rule #11
- Whenever someone brings up the subject of weapons, the discussion has always gone downhill rapidly. Because of this, we must insist that there will be no discussion, posting or photos of, weapons.
(We define 'weapon' as anything that is used to inflict damage or harm to living beings. Weapons as components of traditional or historic kilt attire, or as components of a prescribed uniform, may be exempt as long as the discussion does not become about the weapon itself or its use.)"

The other is Rule #12.

"Rule #12
– The topic of discussion on this forum is the kilt. Discussions veering off the topic or discussions or photos which stress topics other than the kilt will be subject to removal."

I think you can see that our Guiding Principal states it very well. We know that the kilt is not the end-all, be-all of the world. But it is why our members come here.

If the staff are asked to make a determination on the suitability of a thread, post or topic under discussion, they are guided by these principals, policies and rules only. Frankly it would be an insult to the intelligence and dedication of the 7 members of our staff to even suggest that they would let one persons' personality or someone's bruised sensibilities to hold more weight or value than our published rules.

All we have ever asked of our members is to stay within the boundaries of our published rules. Pretty simple really.