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30th September 05, 09:00 AM
#20
 Originally Posted by cavscout
This garment could be useful to some, but to a more traditional kilt wearer it would have to be a color more inline with tartan or solid kilts. White is just not practical for the masculine appearnace. A UK is much more inline with a traditional kilt than the feminine garments on that site but not as traditional as a tank. So we have a spectrum.
Whether the definition of the kilt is defended consistently or not it must be defended when needed to maintain it's identity. To draw a parallel, the confederate battle flag is simply the flag carried by confederate armies to identify themselves and consisted of symbols representing the states included in the confederacy. The flag in and of itself is not a racist element but groups of people who were racist took that flag and soiled it with their horrible message. Today when someone see's that flag the immediate reaction is to assume it's racist because the historical, and traditional signifigance of it was not defended by those who treasure it. If we value the kilt as a masculine garment we need to defend it and object to the feminization of it by anyone who trys to corrupt it. Otherwise we have no one to blame for the skirt jokes except ourselves and the tradition and history of the kilt will be lost and the future will be written by those who
do not treasure it.
Very well said good sir.
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