In Your Face Kilting

[Clockwork]

I may have given the wrong impression in my posts, but the way I interpreted Ron's original post reflects how I personally view wearing kilts. I don't wear them to purposely be 'in your face', I wear them because I like them and find them to be very comfortable. However, I acknowledge that they are so different here in the states, that they end up being 'in your face' to many people, due to the social expectations regarding a person's attire.

I think a good parallel to this situation is one of which my father dealt with when he was younger. He liked the Harley-Davidson motorcycles and rode one regularly. At that time, they carried an association with gangs and drugs, neither of which he was interested in. He simply liked how they sounded and how they rode. He rode his bike around proudly, in spite of the fact that it often had an association with something he did not care for. It invariably offended someone, somewhere by simply existing.

In that same context, there are still many ignorant people here in the US who have no idea what a kilt is or why a person would wear one, which results in people making false (and often negative) assumptions. It doesn't matter how properly or improperly I would wear it, its mere existence will offend someone.

Maybe this will give some food for thought.

Cheers,
-Jake