tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355337.post6149699117139866246..comments2023-11-02T18:02:02.787+05:30Comments on Random Thoughts (ചിതറിയ ചിന്തകള്): Sasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03467009146760226651noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355337.post-44669451162625148062008-12-16T22:41:00.000+05:302008-12-16T22:41:00.000+05:30Thanks, Chris, for your comment. I just want to re...Thanks, Chris, for your comment. I just want to respond to your question about how clothes are used to not only impress but also sometimes intimidate people. A uniform is one thing that quickly comes to mind. A policeman or soldier, for instance. Of course, he carries authority too. But the authority is conveyed through the dress. Anyone wearing that uniform could impress us. A person wearing a coat and a tie would easily intimidate a person wearing a dhothi and shirt, other things being the same. It would be al the more intimidating if the gentleman is biting on a pipe. I think you should be able to find several similar examples if you carefully look around.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I agree that we wear clean and elegant clothes also because we like to look nice, just like our house, as you point out. But this also, I feel strongly, is partly to impress.Sasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467009146760226651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355337.post-9166595238765578682008-12-16T22:24:00.000+05:302008-12-16T22:24:00.000+05:30Oh boy you seem to read a lot. But of course you h...Oh boy you seem to read a lot. But of course you have got a beard! (Never mind that line - its a recent hypothesis I developed - you gotta have a beard to be an intellectual - which explains my absence in that zone)<BR/><BR/>Now about clothes. So people may want to dress up for different reasons - some to self-express, some to throw an image, some because everyone else does it. But a lot many do it because they like to - maybe people feel nice about looking good. I dont see anything wrong in that. It neednt be a hypocrisy, it could just be to look good. We clean our houses so it looks good, we dont go saying "its originally dirty, so we have to leave it as it is. We cant make it an imposter by cleaning it up"<BR/><BR/>And of course the world comes with a number of imposters, who'd try anything from clothing to sweet talking to Lord-knows-what to appear the good-friendly-neighbor. But how far can clothes help it anyway? How long does an impression on clothes last on your mind, and even if it does what more than a superficial one?<BR/><BR/>I am not here to disagree with what you have written. Its a well-researched and well-written one. Its just that I dont see how clothes could be used as an important measure to impress people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com