I would like to submit a proposal to the membership

[davidlpope]

Historical Kilt Wear: This section is for discussing approaches to wearing the kilt from a bygone era—whether accurate, theatrical, or anachronistic. Everything from great kilts to uniforms goes here.

Traditional Kilt Wear: This section is for discussing approaches to wearing the kilt as contemporary Highland attire that has been passed down from generation to generation. Everything from kilted casual to formal in a kilt that has stood the test of time goes here.

Modern Kilt Wear: This section is for discussing approaches to wearing kilts as everyday clothing, street wear, or fashion that privilege personal interpretation. Everything from utility kilts to tartan kilts worn in new ways goes here.

I like having three categories. I'd suggest this tweak:

Traditional Kilt Wear: This section is for discussing approaches to wearing the kilt which emulate the way the kilt has been traditionally worn in the Highlands of Scotland. Everything from casual to formal in a kilt, if worn in a traditional way, goes here.

Steve's engineering background shapes the way he views the world. My legal training does as well. I am used to, and comfortable with, definitions which are never quite clear and which undergo frequent revision. How do we define freedom of speech? The right to privacy? What constitutes pornography?(from which discussion comes the famous quote by Justice Potter Stewart about "knowing it when he sees it...")

I really think it's best to have a subforum where members who self-identify as traditionalists hash out the finer points of what tradition is. I think our previous thread defining THCD demonstrates that we're perfectly capable of having polite and thoughtful discourse on a subject that interests us without causing a ruckus for everyone else.