On 5 oct. 06, at 17:40, Tayssir John Gabbour wrote:
> Something Bertrand Russell wrote made me notice that often, such
> dress codes are an attempt at cultural regression: "formal manners
> are most fully developed among barbarians, and diminish with every
> advance in culture."
> http://www.zona-pellucida.com/essay-russel.html
Which would tend to hint that Japan is one of the most barbarian nation on earth...
Jean-Christophe Helary