Appropriation II

Stream of unconsciousness...

Wear what makes you feel good. If its beautiful then it is beautiful on whomever wears it. Its not mine or yours. Because I wear a feather headdress or you wear a kilt does not mean we are abusing or stealing from a people. It means we are regailing ourselves in what feels good, or what feels right at that time.

What it does mean is that there is a very cold or very dead bird somewhere. That bird is who we should be thinking about.

 I think that unless you can prove beyond reasonable doubt that someone is mocking or debasing a culture then the use of any regalia is in fact part of our universal culture.

If a woman or anyone wishes to dress for some reason in the costume of a scots-guard or A norman knight and my reaction was to go around whinging on the internet or in any social medium what would be the reaction of society?

Not only are we past gender defining and restricting in this globalized society (and the blazing community especially) but the plains people of north america rewarded these headdresses for acts of murder(warfare), feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. If you are claiming that only people who have committed acts of murder in tribal conflict within the united states can wear these headdresses then I guess we should burn them all and not make any more until the US fractures back into regional strife?

(which may be soon enough)

They can be worn as a thing of beauty and those who take exception should learn how to see them in this light for their own mental well-being. As a thing of cultural identity they may be also, not only.

Which individual can claim the rights to an image or object that they didn't create or contribute to its creation?

The reason for the restrictive reproduction of symbols and medals of military or any other present day organisation is to make it more difficult for people to pose as members or decorated members of such organisations for personal gain. Note I say more difficult because it still happens.

If anyone is confused as to the military decoration of a person wearing a "native american headdress" then they are either confused as to what century they are in or have seen far too many movies and need to drink some water.

This whole dialogue is pointless to my mind. Addressing a whinge is a waste of society's time as a whole. How about we address something that matters instead?

How about we look into the issues of alcoholism, unemployment, murder, rape, imprisonment, REAL racism, education, addiction, immigration, poverty, malnutrition, obesity, smoking, mercury poisoning, ocean acidity, garbage disposal, recycling, renewable energy, pollution, terrorism, mass shootings, gun rights et fucking cetera ad fucking nauseum of the peoples that make up our whole globe.

This "issue" if it is someones personal crusade is pathetic. I wish people didn't give in to their white guilt so readily and realize that the weight of history is not ours to bear. Lets make a better world where we celebrate all the cultural history that makes up this world and stop bickering and moping because we don't feel good. Feelings don't matter, you are just another one of the more than seven billion people struggling to breathe on this little rock. Go scream into the wind and howl out your demons, come back when you can help us.