> Gordon Fitch wrote:
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>>
>> The function of the necktie is to reduce the flow of blood
>> to the brain, thus making the office worker woozier, more
>> complaisant and subservient.
>
> It's been 34 years since I wore a necktie except to funerals -- BUT I
> got very sick in the '60s of attempts to judge a person's politics by
> his/her clothing. Why in the hell should people not wear ties if they
> want to, and why should they not if they don't want to. We're back to
> making lifestyle a political issue and I don't like it.
Perhaps this thinking is a legacy of sumptuary laws, which have a history in Europe and Japan. Maybe it's the other way around, and this thinking is common and regenerates these laws or customs from time to time, in different societies.
Chris