Quote Originally Posted by davedove
A lot of people on this board keep commenting about the traditions of the units involved. While individuals may be concerned about such things, in all honesty, governments are not, or if they are it's the last thing they consider. Also, for one of the wealthier nations in the world, 750,000 is nothing to be to concerned about. The government tosses around billions, so anything under a million is, as one of my bosses used to say, "budget dust."
When people stop caring that governments do not care, then we are in trouble. Am I an idealist? You bet. Someone has to believe in something these days when apathy reigns surpreme.

Yes, traditions may not be important to governments, but they are important to those of us who recognize the strong debt that all kilt wearers owe the Highland regiments, and the sacrifices that the men of these regiments made in Burma, Normandy, Hong Kong, the Somme and the Gulf.

750,000 may not be a lot of money to a government, but it is still a WASTE, considering there are already uniforms in use. It is also hypocritcal, since budgetary issues were part of the MoD's justification for the amalgamations in the first place.

Am I an idealist? You bet.

T.