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[Alan H]

That's right. Anyone who ever wears a pair of pants is a repressed, spineless, gutless asexual excuse for a human being who is utterly incapable of thinking for themselves and succumbs to the slightest pressure without a second though.....NO exceptions. Ever.

The ONLY men who are ***Real Men*** (insert trumpet flourish and the screams of debauched women, here) are those that wear kilts and flip off the entire world about it an on daily basis. If you can talk smack about those excuses for men who wear pants, that makes you that much more of a ***Real Man***.

>>>>Can you detect the tongue in cheek, here?<<<<

I have a question or two for all the "ONLY kilt-wearers are Real Men" crowd.

Does the shape of the cloth around someone's hips define who's a man and who isn't, or do attitudes, integrity, honesty, courage, kindness and open-mindedness define a Man? If a man decides to wear pants because he just DECIDES to wear pants, who are you to tell him he can't, or tell him he's a spineless wuss for making a decision different from yours?

I wear kilts. I'm wearing one, today to work. Yesterday I wore pants. Tomorrow I'll be kilted. On sunday I'll be wearing pants. So, what gives??? Today I'm a Real Man, and tomorrow I'm a Real Man, but on Sunday, I lose my Real Manhood to a piece of cloth that says Levi Strauss on it??

My genitals have been entirely happy and gotten their occasional workouts just fine in all the decades I wore pants. Now I wear kilts 2-3 days a week, and I don't notice that somehow my manhood has become greatly exaggerated because of that. Kilts are great. I dig 'em. I thoroughly enjoy wearing mine. I'm a kilt addict and lust for more of them, like everybody told me I was going to. They're fantastic on hot days.

But kilts, alone, don't define who I am.

If we as kilt-wearers suggest to the world that a dose of open-mindedness about what we choose to wear is in order, then should'nt we apply that same standard to ourselves, and not blanket-attack people who happen to choose to dress differently than we do?

[bubba]

I draw the line at miniskirts! EEeeeewwwwwwww.

[Bob C]

Mini-skirts would pose another problem.


Well, for SOME of us, anyway...

[davedove]

I think Alan is right here. Perhaps the sentiment should be that only "Real Men" would choose to wear a kilt, but sometimes they might choose to wear pants. All the other men who are slaves to society's norms would always wear pants. I personally wear a kilt at times to stand out from everyone else. Sometimes I wear my cowboy boots and hat for the same reason. The main thing is that I choose what I'm wearing, not society.

[Alan H]

I draw the line at miniskirts! EEeeeewwwwwwww.

Bubba, if you put on a miniskirt, I'd get in line to see it. *grin*

From a safe distance, anyway. LOL!

I don't mean to rant (well, OK, maybe I do!).... It just bugs me when I see kilt-wearing folks demand open-mindedness from the world about kilts, but then reserve the right to be closed-minded about pants in return.

[Bill]

I think the bottom line here guys is that we wear what we wear because of choice not because we are told. I'm far more comfortable in a kilt (especialy on a hot day) than I am jeans or dress trousers but my job and at times circumstances demand they be worn instead. What defines a man is not what he wears but who he is. Ok ending rant.

Bill

[Celticman]

What defines a man is not what he wears but who he is.
Bill

I don't know if I could agree with this statement more! Too often men (and, women too, on occasion) define themselves by what they have instead of who they are. I for one, have been guilty of that on occasion; it's a hard thing to change. But, the farther I get away from defining myself by what I have the more I like me. It's a shame that the world judges us by the things we have.
I'm reminded of something Jamie Lee Curtis said some years ago...she said "the more I learn to love myself the less I want to be someone else." Pretty profound considering she made her living for many years by pretending to be someone else.
The more I learn about who I am the less I care about having the things my neighbor has.

[Graham]

Well said Alan.

besides, what's wrong with the server????
I rarely have any problems accessing, or with the speed. I'm on Broadband.

[Celticman]

I draw the line at miniskirts! EEeeeewwwwwwww.

Only draw the line on mini-skirts for men! Lassies, please continue; short is good! :-D

[Freedomlover]

I have a question or two for all the "ONLY kilt-wearers are Real Men" crowd.

Does the shape of the cloth around someone's hips define who's a man and who isn't, or do attitudes, integrity, honesty, courage, kindness and open-mindedness define a Man? If a man decides to wear pants because he just DECIDES to wear pants, who are you to tell him he can't, or tell him he's a spineless wuss for making a decision different from yours?....I lose my Real Manhood to a piece of cloth that says Levi Strauss on it??

My genitals have been entirely happy and gotten their occasional workouts just fine in all the decades I wore pants.

Get a grip. Physiology is what it is. My remarks were rooted in matters of physical health and were directed to those who are either ill informed, or who choose, for the sake of 'acceptability' to ignore it. For some strange reason you have chosen to take my comments personally. I wonder why.

But kilts, alone, don't define who I am.

No one suggested that they do.

If we as kilt-wearers suggest to the world that a dose of open-mindedness about what we choose to wear is in order, then should'nt we apply that same standard to ourselves, and not blanket-attack people who happen to choose to dress differently than we do?

Please. How did you discern an attack when there wasn't one?