Quote Originally Posted by AN COIGREACH ALBANNACH View Post
Saxandpipes,may I say I feel that you dress very well in the kilt.You are a fine ambassador of both the kilt and the bagpipes.Apon viewing your public prophile,I have no hesitation in saying that in the pictures shown,you are either as well dressed or the best dressed in the kilt as any others shown in your albums.

I have commented before on this thread, but apon reading further and musing on this topic more,I would like to try to put my own personal view in a clearer manner;

The following applys,I feel,whether you are gay or not,and is adressed to all in general who may take the time to read it.Also please understand that when in the following,I mention wearing the kilt,I am meaning wearing it properly,with well presented hose,sporran,and the upper body attired in a way that compliments both the kilt and the heritage that it stands for.(I know that freedom of choice is available for all,and that's grand.But I feel some must realize that if you present yourself in public with ordinary socks down about your ankles,shoes that do not remotely resemble anything normaly accepted as kilt wear,T shirts that could just as easily be seen over some track pants,and no sporran,then you will leave even those with an understanding of highland wear guessing as to just what it is you are trying to dress to.Those competing in the heavy events excluded)Now to my point.....

Why do you wear the kilt? Is it for what others may think,or for what you hope THEY will think of you?If so, then how you will feel about yourself wearing it will be effected everytime you go out,depending on the reactions of who you meet.

Do you wear the kilt because you are Scottish or because of Scottish background in your family,or even because you admire this Scottish custom and wish to share in it?Then understand that not everybody will get it!Lets be frank,some folk will, due to their family upbringing,feel that you are something to laugh at,that your are effeminate.For heaven sakes not every one connects the kilt with manliness.BUT WE DO. Scottish people and their descendants have for centuries.This is our heritage.Wear it for that, and you will realize that WHAT THE OTHERS THINK MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.

That includes some daft TV show writers who would not know the difference between a claidhmor and a clooty dumpling.We who wear the kilt correctly and for the right reasons are worlds apart from these folk.Do not even justify their ignorant and clumsy miss use of the kilt and how it should be worn with any reaction other than to have a wee chuckle to yourself whilst thinking 'take a look at that numpty!'Then step back out with your kilt on and your head high,with all of your families history and tradition carried proudly on your squared shoulders,because WE KNOW, and they HAVEN'T A CLUE.

We who care about Scottish heritage don't need a show on television to educate the world as to how good the kilt is,nor do we need how they may or may not portray the kilt to feel good about ourselves in it.Make no mistake,the kilt has long been worn in a brave,strong and correct manner by men both straight and gay for hundreds of years now,and no show like glee or any horde of immresionable TV viewers can change that,now or into the future.

P.s Hang in there Saxandpipes,I think you are aquitting yourself with honour.
Thank you for your compliments! Even though your pictures are a little dark, I can see that you are a very well turned-out man, so I really do appreciate your opinion here.

You also make your points a little better than I am doing myself currently. I just want to people to see that the issue is not whether the guy is gay or not, and I feel like that is having a hard time getting through.

Cheers,

Michael