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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Who decides what is "some color"? The dinosaurs that were making up the dress codes or the individual picking out the shoes? What stops someone from wearing the kinda shoes that Snake~eyes posted a picture of, as opposed to Texas Aggie's?
If it's the dinosaurs, aren't we right back to where we started?
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LOL, I just figured it out. The real issue behind this isn't uniformity, it isn't absurdity, it's
fear.
To be sure it's widespread, even institutionalized fear. But it's fear.
If somebody got to wear a new color of shoe, that may lead to even more change. But you're not comfortable with change. Change means uncertainty, and uncertainty breeds fear. Best to nip it in the bud.
If somebody else got to say how much color is too much color, they might not decide the way you'd decide. And you like having that kind of control. Loss of control means uncertainty, and uncertainty breeds fear. So from 1,000 miles away you -- perhaps subconsciously -- bare your fangs and start talking fines. Because you feel compelled to nip this in the bud.
It's not just you, of course. Many officials feel threatened by such a shoe. Most of us are authoritarian control freaks. If one of our own, especially a less influential member of our community, openly flaunts a "rule," we're just not happy with that. We like rules; we like enforcing them on others. It's who we are. And we wouldn't want to live in a world without such rules.
No, it's not just you. You're just the poster boy for fossilized resistence to change.
