Quote Originally Posted by creagdhubh View Post
For yourself Jock, as well as for others with a similar history, I can see how black shirts have very bad connotations and arguably the same goes for solid brown shirts. I respect where you are coming from as a military veteran and can certainly appreciate it as a veteran (of a very different war) myself.

Kindest regards,
I know this is off topic, but ...

As a Boy Scout leader here in Ohio, I have to tell younger folks - parents and scouts alike - that the reference to a uniformed scout or scouter as a "brown shirt" could elicit a terse reply, if not outright anger.

(now sitting down, shutting up, and back to coloring)