The Tartan Police!

[KMacT]

...those people who would have Tiger Woods using wooden heads and shafts instead of steel or Composite with Titanium heads...

In general I agree with your sentiments. People should be allowed to wear what they want (be it "traditional" or "modern"), traditions change and evolve, and respect should be given regardless.

But the golf analogy fails. It's a sport and there may be very valid reason to prohibit the use of certain clubs or balls. And in fact, there are such prohibitions. Modern golf balls and clubs, for example, must meet certain specifications before they are approved. And maybe the game would be better if played with old clubs just as baseball, I believe, is better played with wood bats (as is mandated in MLB) and tennis with wooden rackets (as is not mandated, much to the detriment of the sport).

Kevin

[Archangel]

In general I agree with your sentiments. People should be allowed to wear what they want (be it "traditional" or "modern"), traditions change and evolve, and respect should be given regardless.

But the golf analogy fails. It's a sport and there may be very valid reason to prohibit the use of certain clubs or balls. And in fact, there are such prohibitions. Modern golf balls and clubs, for example, must meet certain specifications before they are approved. And maybe the game would be better if played with old clubs just as baseball, I believe, is better played with wood bats (as is mandated in MLB) and tennis with wooden rackets (as is not mandated, much to the detriment of the sport).

Kevin

Philosophically, a sport analogy doesn't work. The differences between "sport" and "game" and "play" are significant. An analogy to those different things might work: in "play" there is no goal except fun; in "game" there is goal but fun is more important than the rules; "sport" is defined by taking game and applying an limiting rule which has the priority. For example, the fastest way to complete a quarter mile lap is to simply stay in one place, "sport' dictates that it must be run in a certain manner. Please don't make me look up who I'm quoting, some German philosopher.

So the application here is that some people want to "play", some want to "game" and others want to "sport".

So, following MAC's point, I believe, another term to define, after tradition, is how we are going to perform this activity.