Quote Originally Posted by bear@bearkilts.com
I'll break any rule I don't agree with. They're not even my rules.
Kilts are garments, not costumes!
Things change. Rules change. I'm one who is changing them. Get over it.
I don't know all the rules to kilt wearing and I find it pompous and arrogant for you to say I should learn your rules, that I'm disrespectful because I haven't learned your rules.
Wear your kilt any way you want but don't start telling others how to wear theirs.
Respect the kilt? Get a grip. It's a piece of clothing. You can't respect a piece of cloth.
If you read my whole post and don't just focus on certain parts of it you will notice that I said that I think it is OK to break the rules, as long as you know the rules first.
I didn't say you haven't learn the rules, nor did I say that you are disrespectful for not following them. Nor are they MY rules, and I was not telling anyone how to wear their kilt.
The kilt is the national dress of Scotland, however and as such deserves some level of respect. The same way the flag of a nation deserves respect. The kilt is not just a piece of cloth, it is a symbol of Scotland.
There are rules that go with the traditional clothing of any nation. If you wear a kimono or a yukata with the right on top of the left in front of a Japanese person, they will explain to you that that is the way that people are buried and when you are alive you are supposed to wear the left on top. To disrespect this method of wearing the kimono or yukata would be disrespectful to the garment and offensive to the Japanese people.
Again, I have said that I think it is OK to break the rules for casual wear, but if you don't know the rules, that is disrespectful to the symbol of a nation.