Dear Mario, I really do think you are suffering from a rare form of PDD, known as PDD by Proxy. Not only do you feel the need to defend your point of view ad infinitum but you feel the obsessive need to either defend or take umbrage at someone else's point of view or emotional state of being, be it shame or disappointment, and then label it as you would like it to be.
To put hyperbole in context, according to you and Gilbert, the Association of Goan Atheists and Agnostics, are frequently seen running the streets naked, burning kastis and culminating in an orgy to rival Dionysus. It's another matter that none of us have ever be fortunate enough to witness such an event. In anycase, I shall take your point under advisement and write to the PTA, to stop robbing our young girls of their self-worth and reinstate a Britney Spears version of the good ole school uniform. Elisabeth ----------------------------- Mario muses: > > > Preetam & Elisabeth, > With all due respect, while I agree that this new > dress code is silly and intrusive in the increasing > global social climate, I still don't get this new > sentiment of being "ashamed" at the drop of a hat - > of > something one has nothing to do with. I think that > real "shame" is best reserved for personal > transgressions, and sentiments like regret, > dejection, > bemusement, indignation and anger for those of > others. > > > And now, "actually terrified" - why? Because some > silly, overbearing bureaucrat is taking himself or > herself too seriously in suggesting a salwar-khameez > dress code for school girls? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)