Sorry guys, this law is meant to stop folks from taking pictures without the knowledge of the person being photographed for the purpose of publishing for any reason, but particularly on the web. It's aimed at sites like Upskirt.com and the dirtbags that procure their material by hiding cameras in shopping bags and toilets.

As a kiltman I personally enjoy the kilt checking phenomenon and am more than able to distinguish between the pornographer and the tipsy gal playing a bit of "slap and tickle". We don't need laws to accomplish what we can do ourselves. Flirts are not criminals to be prosecuted and that's not what this law is about. And, yes, I've had a gal take a picture up my kilt with her cell phone ... with out a flash she couldn't even see past my knees. No harm done.

Given our boards' ability to self police it may well be time for those who don't like to be kilt checked to stop going to the places kilt checks are commonly executed: bars/dances/festivals where booze is enjoyed. I also contend that those men who don't want to be kilt checked should nicely decline like a gentleman should without the threat of jail time. After all it's our own faults for teasing the general population with our constant "Regimental" banter that fuels this phenomenon to begin with.

Do we really need a law to protect us? Do we really want to be treated like women? Does it speak well of kilted men to be demanding the same protections afforded women? According to the National Geographic even a Baboon knows the difference between a rather harmless human female and the naturally more aggressive/protective human male.

Kiltmen who are aggressively kilt checked are putting out the vibe that they are at least open to it or normal women wouldn't be kilt checking them. It's nobody's fault but their own and it's all of our faults for ensuring the whole world knows that most of us are naked under our kilts. Please, let's stop acting surprised that woman are turned on by the notion of a "Regimental Man". Between the Blue Ribbon Poem and the pics of Scottish Soldiers with kilts blown high it is us, Men, it's us.

There are those on this forum who have admitted to never being kiltchecked, I applaud them because they don't need legal protections in order to contol the situations they find themselves in. These men, by virtue of their own class, their own kiltmanship and their own character are able to maintain their own privacy and ..........

Kilt On!

Chris Webb