Square Enix: Please reconsider putting the Native American war bonnet attire in-game.

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I have to wonder just how many of the people in this thread throwing accusations of "SWJism" would throw a hissy fit if they saw some 16-year-old kid wearing a full-on military combat uniform as a Halloween costume, or even just to "look cool". It's similar, in a way. They both have significant cultural value to the culture they belong to, and it's upsetting to see them stripped of that value.

It's not the same thing as a cowboy outfit, either; these aren't "costumes" used by our ancestors long since passed. They're in use today. We're not dead and gone, we're very much around. People still use these kinds of outfits all the time! Powwows aren't some long-since-forgotten event; I went to one just last month!

Headdresses are very much costumes. Ceremonial gear of any kind is by definition a costume.

By contrast, a cowboy outfit is NOT a costume. Cowboys wear leather because it's plentiful. Leather is actually very good for outdoor wear, since it doesn't get soggy from your sweat and protects you from various work related injuries. It's obviously become more glorified by media, but it's still practical work attire, since your biggest enemies in extended outdoor work are sun and sweat.

I know this because I'm in the US Army, and the US Army HATES their uniform because it's the exact opposite of practical. It is the worst uniform ever made. It is scratchy, doesn't breathe, doesn't fit right, doesn't keep you warm, takes forever to dry if it gets wet, the velcro stops working anywhere from a few months to the day after you get it, ironing or steaming it is against regulations because it neutralizes the chemical treatments, and it's poorly sewn by military prisoners in Ft Leavenworth. So most of the time it looks like we ARE that 16 year old who got a uniform out of the dumpster. It's very difficult for us to respect the uniform when the uniforms (and the people who designed them) don't respect us. Although I hear the Navy has a really nice work uniform. With denim.