Posted on 04/16/2009 6:55:57 AM PDT by steve-b
George Will has been stuck in the Northeast too long. He needs to see the rest of the country.
Maybe if we actually made the jeans here in the states, our economy wouldn’t be so screwed. A lot of people pay $100 + for jeans made by Sri Lankan sweatshops anyway, so I’d say we can afford to bring the textile industry back home.
Either you're a woman, or George Will is posting on FR as Veto!
Khakis are Sooo much more comfortable... I really don’t understand the fascination with heavy denim of the color blue either. And they can get khakis in blue, if they must.
Ran out and shopped for clothes to die in! I have never heard that one before. I can understand though, might have been your last chance. :)
That's ridiculous.
Mr. Will's underlying complaint is actually about civilized adult behavior, and how today's culture tends to reject it.
Mr. Will understands, correctly, that how people dress in certain situations reflects the how they think about those situations.
In most adult contexts, your state of dress reflects the seriousness or solemnity with which you take the situation. Do you dress up for your daughter's wedding, or do you wear jeans? Do you dress up for your mother's funeral, or do you wear jeans?
If we look beyond his silly obsession with blue jeans, I think Mr. Will is correct in observing that we are no longer a nation run by adults who think and behave as adults.
I guess George feels it’s a symptom of deeper illness: pretension, anti-establishmentarianism, juvenilia. I think he’s got a bit of a point. It’s like Rush’s criticism of soccer moms. Does Rush think that it’s inherently evil of moms to take their kids to soccer practice? No.
Will is merely noting something he finds absurd, not calling for government bans.
This is the same thinking that led to “As God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly.”
I think George’s article was a little tongue-in-cheek.
Even so, he’s full of it.
Denim is symbolic of individualism and forthrightness— as with the tradesman, the farmer, the hunter, artists, etc. Only salesmen, bureaucrats, lawyers, corporate butt-kissers and gays wear suits.
If you really want to look like a slob, wear a track, or warm-up suit.
That stupid looking Poindexter-PeeWee Herman, got beat up on the way home from school, MoFo is giving fashion advice, now?
George, it’s not the fabric, it’s whether you’re clean, showered, shaved, neat, well groomed, sufficiently covered to be out in public, with a decent haircut or style, are polite, well mannered, don’t chew with your mouth open and aren’t too pushy, loud or obnoxious.
I can handle denim. Bad behavior, habits and body odor is another matter.
I don’t think people realize in a fire that polyester will melt onto the skin making any burns worse.
Or maybe they just think in a crash, they’re goners anyway.
I think it’s the latter.
As a Christian, I have to disagree with Mr Will. For Jesus said, “Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.” - John 7:24
I've walked away from a crash (passenger in a Citabria that ground looped in a Xwind and rolled down a 20 foot embankment). Fuel tanks ruptured - gasoline everywhere -but no fire.
Well, I must admit, my daughters wedding took place on a boat near Nags Head, and the dress code for men was Hawaiian shirts and dockers. Made my life a lot less complicated, and the wedding was fantastic.
Then there was a friend whose daughter’s wedding was strictly formal. He was required to wear a tux for the first time in his life, but his tux vest was imprinted with Looney Tunes characters. Nobody knew until the reception when he took his coat off.
FMCDH(BITS)
Denim-free for over 30 years. As for mansandals (and “flipflops”)...don’t even get me started.
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