Quote Originally Posted by MacBean View Post
I've stayed clear of this one as I haven't any peeves, never having been to a Scottish games except for one last Autumn at the MacKintosh home of Moy, former Inverness shire. That was really more of a Country Fair.

Having read some of the posts here, I think I understand why some here are so protective of their traditions for they seem to be under a seige of parody and fantasy. Certainly gave me somethng to think about.
I think it's the country fair character that many of us desire to see in our local Highland Games that causes so much of this protectiveness. Maybe certain Games would be like country fairs on steroids, but shouldn't be mixed into the likes of ren faires and comic conventions. That said, I like all of those things, but all of them in their place. :-)