The Scottish Wildcat Tartan thread: conceived here on X-Marks!

[Alan H]

OK, I went away for 40 minutes to think about this and now I'm back. Here's what I have to say.

This thread is about designing, weaving, sewing-up and wearing kit, primarily kilts, made in what will become the Scottish Wildcat Tartan. It's no secret that I (we??) hope to raise some funds and awareness about the situation that the Scottish Wildcat is in, in terms of being on the brink of extinction. Now, unbeknownst to most of you, I'm sure, there are actually a significant number of people who scoff at the idea of the Scottish Wildcat being a separate sub-species from the housecat. Don't believe me? Go to YouTube and search for Scottish Wildcat videos. Read the comments. I'm not kidding, here....

I hope, and I know that several other people here on X Marks hope that this thread and the Wildcat thread int he Miscellaneous forum will, in time, garner a fair bit of attention. I mean, that's sort of the point, yes? In light of that and the fact that some people seem to think that if a cat looks superficially to their eyes like a tabby cat, therefore it must BE a tabby cat.... I wish to ask people who have posted, or are thinking about posting pictures of their household tabby cat (in the UK, the word is "moggie") to think twice about doing so.

I'm not an X Marks moderator, I can't force people to remove posts. I don't want to be the "post police"! I also don't think that anybody here on X Marks would post pictures of their tabby here out of maliciousness. Hey, I like cats, too! . I just ask that posters think about the possible implications of tabby cat pictures in this thread, as the project proceeds. The last thing that this tartan needs....or the Wildcat needs, is for scoffers and disbelievers to register here, or even just look here and laugh at the efforts and say "How stupid, it's just a tabby cat, like the one I have at home!" ................................. because they're NOT the same thing.

Please take this post in the spirit in which it was intended....not to "blame" anyone, or some off as Mister Snooty, OK? Thanks!!

Alan