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Date Posted: 08:26:29 12/04/99 Sat
Author: GF
Subject: When in a community of non-conformists, do what the non-conformists do...
In reply to: theo 's message, "On Rome and other things" on 05:59:49 12/04/99 Sat

> ...
> >
> > Yes. If you look suspicious, you may be giving
> > "reasonable cause". If you are minding your own
> > business in a society where it is not the norm, it's
> > grounds for suspicion.
> >
> > I guess the answer is to try to act like someone
> who's
> > trying not to conform, rather then someone who is. GF
>
> That idea is in direct contradiction to Darwin and my
> own observation.
>
> The species that survives blends in to its
> surroundings.
>
> When in a neighborhood of white picket fences
> it's best to look like a white picket fence.
>
> When in a neighborhood of people wearing black
> patches over their eyes, wear a black patch over
> your eye and not over your crotch.
>
> A Man of the Cloth can go most places without
> suspicion or interference tho. A man with a badge
> and gun has much more of a problem.
>
> How would Darwin explain that?
>
> But The Men in Real Blue should learn to go
> in any Cloth.

Yes. I agree totally, of course. If you reread my response to AM carefully, you may see that what you said was exactly my point. GF

P.S. I've just read my response again and I think it actually made more sense while I was writing it. It seems to make less now. Oh well. At least I knew what I meant.

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