Matt, you are quite correct that the fellow Jack met does not speak for the Highlands any more than I do, but it does demonstrate that that "school of thought" does exist. As do others of course.
The economic argument is powerful and correct, but how many turkeys vote for Christmas? If I were a tartan maker, etc., in Scotland looking at my dwindling profit margin in an incredibly difficult financial climate, would I, (would you?) tell my largest customer---America(?)-- that I would prefer that only the Scots should wear the kilt? I respectfully think not.
In fact and of course, tartan etc., has been traded around the world for a couple of centuries so whatever reservations the tartan mill proprietors, etc., may have had are now well hidden and I doubt that any one will really know what they may, or may not think and will let the bottom line of their accounts do the talking for them.
Last edited by Jock Scot; 11th September 11 at 05:33 AM.
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