I'm very proud to be a Gordon, but I will not join the Clan Gordon society. Why should I? I go to the Highland Games and various Scottish events every year and hang out with my fellow clansmen, so why should I pay to get a card that says I'm a Gordon and tell me to go events that I already attend? I know I'm linked to the House of Gordon, what more needs to be done?

As far as the Chief, I am a product of Clearances emigrants, but I don't hold it against Lord Huntly. In fact, I think it would be kinda neat to meet the Chief.

Also, I love to Romanticize Scotland, but I don't pretend like that is what happened. Sure, it's fun to think about the Jacobite Rebellion as a fight between the English and the Scots, but I'd be a damn fool if I pretended like that was AT ALL true. Just like it's more entertaining and dramatic to think of my ancestors being driven from their ancestral homeland from the evil Whoevers during the Clearances, but I know that in reality it was Gordon who removed them for land. Does this mean I'll renounce my ties with the House of Gordon? No way! It's a part of my heritage, and while I'm not about to join the Society and fly to Scotland for the Gathering, I'll proudly wear the Gordon tartan, play Cock O' The North on my pipes, and have a great time at the Gordon tent at the Highland Games every year.