Let's change this thread around a bit, and think again.

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You know guys, I'm going to wear pants as part of my Halloween Costume this year.

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OK, I'm waiting for the huge uproar..... but there won't be because pants are everyday wear. But wait, many of us go on and on about how our kilts are everyday wear....so why is is OK and not offensive to wear pants as part of a costume, but it IS offensive to wear a kilt as part of a costume?

Will all cowboys be offended if I wear pants on Halloween? I mean, cowboys wear pants, right? If not cowboys then perhaps it will be the electricians that will be offended? Or will it be the people who inherit the rich cultural tradition of Sarmatia, where for generation upon generation going back thousands of years, the men have worn pants?

'nuff said.

Speaking personally, I, myself wouldn't wear a kilt and black-tie outfit as a costume, just like I wouldn't wear a tuxedo as a costume. I would, however dress up in Revolutionary War garb as a Continental Soldier, if I had the kit to do so. I might dress up as a Confederate or Union Civil War soldier if I could. In fact I would wear a costume like that to the school I was substitute teaching at that day, in hopes that the costume would lead to some discussion of what it all was, and maybe some kids would learn about some history that way.

Analogous to that, I would dress up in a feile-beig, waistcoat, shirt, hose, and period shoes as a Highander at Culloden if I had the kit to do so.

Now, explain to me why dressing up as a Continental Army soldier or a Civil War solider is not an insult to the country, but dressing up as a Highlander from Culloden IS an insult?

OK, I don't have the kit to dress up as a veteran of the '45. But I DO have the kit to approximate the dress of a fair number of Highlanders from a round 1700. So explain to me why dressing as a Continental Army soldier or a Civil War soldier, or a regular citizen of a colonial town around 1776 is not an insult to the USA, but dressing up as a Highlander from around 1700 or so IS an insult to Scotland?

One last thing. Comments about the ACLU do not offend me. While the ACLU is anything but perfect, in my opinion they've done a lot of good in this country. The good they've done far, far outweighs the bad. If you want to say something to me that stings, taunting me with the acronym for the American Civil Liberties Union isn't going do it.

And I think that is MORE than enough said about non-kilt issues in this thread...