[lbo-talk] school uniforms

Brian Siano siano at mail.med.upenn.edu
Wed Aug 27 11:14:47 PDT 2003


Miles Jackson wrote:


>On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Brian Siano wrote:
>
>
>>Who's blaming people for being 'weak-willed?' I'm pointing out that, if
>>people conform, it's because they are agreeing to do so. I don't "blame"
>>them for anything.
>>
>>
>
>You're assigning individual responsibility to people for the
>existence of conformity.
>
No, I'm pointing out that individuals have a say in their actions, and that they are not entirely controlled by external forces. Why do you find this so hard to believe?


> However, conformity is a social fact;
>
a point I've mentioned already.



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