Wearing kilts as a mark of respect

[Kiltman]

I understand where you're coming from. It's not my place, but I agree that if one needs a reasons to wear a kilt it will do.

[Roan Carter]

Eh. Come on, man. It's been 250 years. Let it go. There are plenty of practical reasons to wear the kilt, and this ain't one of them.

"For that is the mark of the Scots of all classes: that he stands in an attitude
towards the past unthinkable to Englishmen, and remembers and cherishes the
memory of his forebears, good or bad; and there burns alive in him a sense of
identity with the dead even to the twentieth generation."

- Robert Louis Stevenson, Weir of Hermiston, 1894

[ccga3359]

...Yet you live in the land of the oppressors. I'm with Ugly Bear on this one. I do, however, appreciate your respect of the kilt.

[Galb]

...Yet you live in the land of the oppressors. I'm with Ugly Bear on this one. I do, however, appreciate your respect of the kilt.

Even more reason to do so then.

[Larry124]

"For that is the mark of the Scots of all classes: that he stands in an attitude
towards the past unthinkable to Englishmen, and remembers and cherishes the
memory of his forebears, good or bad; and there burns alive in him a sense of
identity with the dead even to the twentieth generation."

- Robert Louis Stevenson, Weir of Hermiston, 1894

Not only Scots.

The problems in the Middle East and the Balkans for instance appear to be pretty clear examples of the danger of too much of a focus on History as a basis for current behavior.

[macwilkin]

Not only Scots.

The problems in the Middle East and the Balkans for instance appear to be pretty clear examples of the danger of too much of a focus on History as a basis for current behavior.

Larry,

That's a bit of an unfair comparison, don't you think? I don't see anyone urging others to go out and kill sassenachs.

I don't wear a kilt to stir up past hatreds, I wear it to honour the memory of my ancestors and their achievements. Yes, I do tease a friend of mine on occasion (A Bruce) about stealing the throne from us, but that's all in good fun, just as my wife's family teases me for being a "Yankee".

Folks, tolerance is a two-way street. I have no problems with those of you who wear kilts for "comfort" or "freedom", but I would hope the respect would be returned.

The Lakota have a saying: "a people without history are like the wind in the buffalo grass."

Todd

[Nick the DSM]

With a rebel yell!!

[kiltedsawyer]

Not only Scots.

The problems in the Middle East and the Balkans for instance appear to be pretty clear examples of the danger of too much of a focus on History as a basis for current behavior.

I think what you are referring to is not too much of a focus on history as it is a lack of understanding it, or perhaps worse, a manipulation of it to suit one's own ends. Pride in who we are and where we came from should not be confused with belligerence, ethnic cleansing, or any form of hatred toward others who do not share our heritage. It is possible to praise one without insulting another.

Respectfully,
David

[sydnie7]

I think what you are referring to is not too much of a focus on history as it is a lack of understanding it, or perhaps worse, a manipulation of it to suit one's own ends. Pride in who we are and where we came from should not be confused with belligerence, ethnic cleansing, or any form of hatred toward others who do not share our heritage. It is possible to praise one without insulting another.

Respectfully,
David

And recognizing that the people living in England today are not the ones who banned the kilt 250 years ago (they are not the Crusaders, either).

[macwilkin]

I think what you are referring to is not too much of a focus on history as it is a lack of understanding it, or perhaps worse, a manipulation of it to suit one's own ends. Pride in who we are and where we came from should not be confused with belligerence, ethnic cleansing, or any form of hatred toward others who do not share our heritage. It is possible to praise one without insulting another.

Respectfully,
David

Hear, hear.

Well said, David.

T.