Quote Originally Posted by RockyR View Post
I will pose a question about the "are kilts Irish question"... think long and hard about this:

Is it that kilts are "now accepted as Irish as well as Scottish" OR is it that (mostly in North America) the person asking is not knowledgeable enough to know the difference and ASSUMES they're Irish b/c they don't know enough about the real history / customs of Scotland OR Ireland?
Seemingly a simple question, with a number of variables. So someone attired in a St Patrick's Blue or Saffron kilt should be presumed to be Scot? Here is a link to a NATO website for the forces in Kosovo http://www.nato.int/kfor/media/photo...0330a-003.html Now you have bagpipes and kilts.

No I am not trying to be facetious. I have learned a lot here and through the piece Matt and Todd wrote. I don't deny any of the points, the origins or history. I don't want to upset anyone or demean anyone's personal pride, I was just raising the point that over time and evolution other cultures have included the kilt as well. I believe I said earlier, I seek to find commonality not difference amongst us. I was just sharing my experience, since it seemed to be different from others. I also think that doesn't necessarily mean you have created fictitous history though admitedly not everyone has the same levels of understanding and knows the history.