Thu, 13 Oct 1994 07:09:35 -0700 for Date: Thu, 13 Oct 94 09:53:00 EDT From: Lisa Eargle Subject: clothes at salvation army To: SOCGRAD@UCSD.EDU I too wear "hand me downs" and buy new clothes only when I can get them dirt cheap. I 'm not sure how my comments sounded, but I wasn't laughing at those who buy clothes at thrift shops. What I was commenting on was those people who think they've done something BIG by wearing second hand clothes. And next year, when the fad changes, the thought of wearing second hand clothes will disgust the same folks who blow and hiss about wearing them now. And these same people will protest when you say they're conformists -- but they are. We all are conformists, to some degree, no matter how much we may protest to the contrary. And conformity isn't as bad of a thing as it gets called. If there was no conformity, there'd be choas and we (humans) wouldn't have survived over time. (Example: What if there were no traffic rules on the highway?) But, enough from me for now. ----L.E.