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To: ChicagoConservative27

What are the wigs for anyway? Are they a means to make everyone looks similar, so differing individual appearance has less impact on the matters being spoken of? They also wear all wear similar robes, correct?

Facts should overrule anyone’s appearance.


7 posted on 05/19/2024 6:17:56 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Zuriel

I remember the judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial wearing a wig. She looked preposterous.


8 posted on 05/19/2024 6:20:02 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Zuriel
What are the wigs for anyway?

It began with the populace being stricken by lice and syphilis. They became fashionable when Louis XIV started wearing one, and now it’s just a persistent tradition.

14 posted on 05/19/2024 6:25:51 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Zuriel
What are the wigs for anyway? Are they a means to make everyone looks similar, so differing individual appearance has less impact on the matters being spoken of?

You guessed correctly!

The Fascinating History Behind English Barristers Wearing Wigs

48 posted on 05/19/2024 10:27:11 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: Zuriel

I think originally the wigs were to cover scalps shaved clean to avoid lice....


55 posted on 05/19/2024 1:01:41 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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