Doug Henwood wrote:
>> Specifically in this case, I'd say the high pricetag is the
>> commercialization part, and the taste for beautiful shoes part of the
>> civilized extension of needs.
>
The desire for beautiful shoes is so primal that there's even a Sufi
saying for it: "The Devil is a beautiful shoe."
Man, I do know what they mean. Beautiful shoes are the last things I could give up. But why give them up?
Joanna