Fair enough on the correction on wearing of the kilt vs wearing of the tartan. And no, its not a rationalization. Traditions are great, however they can also become a hinderance when presented by zelots, No that is not meant as an attack on anyone just a point of note. I understand the assosiation of kinsman with wearing someone elses tartan. But calling them a "fraud" simply because they are not part of your clan is to me rediculous. I'm not spitting in the eye of tradition, what I was trying to encourage is I'd rather see someone encouraged to wear the kilt and how to wear it correctly than I would see the individual be casterated by folks taking offence to what could easily be taken as a complement. I've actually run into people wearing "my" clan tartan before that had no affiliation. Why should I take offence to that? I usually stick to my clans and the clans assossiated with my clans and wear the later out of respect and reverence to the bond that at least at one point in time flourished. My question is, what exactally makes it wrong, rude, disrespectfull? The one tartan that I wear that isn't affiliated with me is my Douglas Modern. I have tremendous respect for Clan Douglas, (as I do all the clans) soo what your telling me is that I should'nt wear it because I wasn't born into it? Thats about as bad an excuse as the cast system in India. You can't do this because of who your family is not. You can't wear that because of who your family is not. I'm not intending in anyway to be disrespectfull towards any one or any ones views. Just that there are other things that matter more than what tartan that bloke over there is wearing and IF he has a "right" to wear it. I wear the kilt on a daily basis as part of my everyday attire. NOT as a costume. I want to make that perfectly clear. The kilt in no way has ever been a joke to me. I'm just looking at how someone who perhaps just spent a small fortune on highland attire might feel if someone chastised them because of "your just a poser" speach. It could honestly ruin wearing the kilt for them. And I do think we can all agree that the wearing of the kilt and tartan is something we all hold dear to ourselfs. And that we would rather foster and promote its wearing, instead of making people feel isolated, unwanted, dishonored, and unwelcomed. I'm sorry if I offend anyone by wearing a tartan that I'm not born into. Yet I will not apologise for showing admiration towards another clan and openly complementing their forefathers taste in choosing a tartan, only to be rideculed and backhanded because someone has and elitest sence about themselfs. I guess the reason why wearing of someone elses tartan isn't a big deal to me is because there is a symbol more important to the clan than tartan.....the badge. That I can see folks having an uproar about, and I would support the reasoning behind it. Tartan's to most people not completely imersed in its culture can be confusing with all the variants of modern, ancient, weathered, muted, and so forth. Badges are quite clear with the symbol, and moto. But I digress. In short, maybe we as a whole should take a complement if its intended as that rather than being as rude to the "offending" person as we precieve them to be rude towards us.