[Ansteorra] Wanting Awards & Persona
Chris Zakes
dontivar at gmail.com
Thu Sep 28 18:40:45 PDT 2006
At 12:48 PM 9/28/2006, you wrote:
>Wow. That was a very effective and concise summary of our culture Robert,
>and the effect of conditioning via stories. We do seem (in general) to be
>the "no I don't want it/(but secretly yes I do)" in modern society.
>
>Otoh, red belts, scarfs, yellow, and green belts are all a blatant statement
>of "I would like to be X someday", but it doesn't bother us...
>
>how come?
>
>JP
Possibly because the various belts or scarves imply that this person
is being taught by someone who already has a clue or two about X,
thus they're more likely to be "doing it right."
-Tivar Moondragon
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