[x_plus_one]

The only reason to write something like this is to test the waters for sharia. Getting women to give up jeans or forcing them through public opinion to ‘cover up’ won’t work anywhere save new york city where any fad can prosper.

[madinmadtown]

I am going to get flamed, but I agree with much of what Will says. I grew up on a farm and I know the value of denim, and I still appreciate it and I still wear it...and I have no problem wearing it in public, but at my age and girth, I do it in a skirt for the sake of the people who might see me.
I am shocked at the number of people who wear denim to church and I find it totally inappropriate. I am shocked that people wear it out to what I consider nicer restaurants. I do believe that students are better behaved when they wear uniforms or when they have a dress code. Sometimes sloppy is just sloppy. And the fact that there are some people who would spend several hundred dollars on a pair of distressed jeans makes me wonder what sort of crazy, idiotic, world this has become. No wonder they find Obama authentic.
I don't have a problem with people wearing jeans on a plane; I was in a crash landing once and it changed my whole attitude about good flying clothing.

[r9etb]

The only reason to write something like this is to test the waters for sharia.

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.

[T Minus Four]

Hey, I bet our graphs intersect somewhere :-)