Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian
I fear that they're "crying wolf" and that it leads to trivialization of the really important issues.
No one's "crying wolf" here. Crying wolf means raising a false alarm. This isn't an alarm, just a disinclination to support the circus. Nor is it false; this isn't some guy who might inadvertently make kilt-wearers seem foolish, this is LITERALLY A CLOWN WEARING A KILT. "Dignified" and "clown" cannot possibly go together. It's a ... whatyacallit ... it's an oxymoron. There. I said it.

Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian
Have we ever seen this guy perform? How do we know that he's not as great a clown as Emmet Kelly or Chaplin? The kilt could be incidental to his act (just looking for a distinctive clown personna) or he could be using the cartoon image of the "notoriously stingy Scotsman" as a basis for comedy...if he is, then he's in good company and that company includes the Three Stooges.
You're not exactly laying my complaint to rest here, man.

Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian
It's a circus...he's a clown...what does he have? A big red nose? Big clown shoes? Who's going to miss the point that it's broad comedy?
No one will miss his point. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. You want to make fun of baggy pants and loud colors, I have no truck with that. Let people who wear that sort of clothing regularly make their own points. But this is MY choice of clothing that's being subject to ridicule.

Does the clown have the right to do this? Sure. Do I have to take a "live-and-let-live" attitude? No, I don't.

You can call it "righteous indignation" that I won't go to Ringling Bros circus to support this. You'd be wrong. I hadn't planned on going to the circus anyway. This thread started with a suggestion that we go to the circus to support this. I'm arguing the opposite: if you go, you'll support the notion, in a tiny way, that kilts are ridiculous. That's the hill I've planted my flag on. If you've got an argument to push me off it, I'm all ears.