"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message ...

I don't get the adopted culture thing, I have ancestors from Scotland
but you wouldn't catch me wearing a kilt. There is a certain phoniness
in that kind of behavior that I find odd, it suggests that people who
try to put on a new identity are not too happy with who they are.

Does that include people who join the military voluntarily -- i.e.,
without being drafted?

LOL, no, in that case it's like becoming a scuba diver, the outfit is not
optional.