I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed." -- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
Accuracy aside, I'm not going to wear something that symbolizes blood and ashes.
They didn't ask to be killed, they didn't ask to have their deaths turned into a business venture, and wearing it does absolutely nothing to benefit the victims.
Just my take. But everyone is different. I'm sure the tartan speaks to someone.
I think the tartan is not very attractive, just though the cause is.
Interesting that one of my wife's ancestors was an examiner and juror involved in witch trials in New England at the same time that the Salem witch trials were happening. As far as my wife knows he never convicted anybody.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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