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What's wrong or offensive about portraying a culture as an "other"?  People don't typically wear kimonos in American culture, so of course it's something different to us.  What's wrong with recognizing that it's something different?
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"Other" doesn't mean different. "Other" means "not as human as we are".[/quote]

How does wearing a kimono on Halloween mean I think the Japanese are less human?  Seems like a huge logical jump to me.[/quote]

Wearing a kimono or a kilt or a sari  for Halloween just means people who don't get to wear them like them..  Halloween is about wearing clothes or dressing in a costume that you normally do not get to wear.   Something chosen and liked by the wearer.

Celebrities in kilts:
http://www.bevoguish.com/celebrities/how-kanye-west-decides-which-leather-kilt-to-wear-plus-other-men-in-skirts/

I don't know if Gerry Butler has a family plaid but he and Ewan MacGregor are the only Scots to my knowledge on the page.  [/quote]

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