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[George K]

[Mik]

Don't know but I'm pretty sure it's British.

[George K]

[Mik]

OK, Brit-adjacent.

[Horace]

The way cultures dress their judges is among the most primitive aspects of the culture, this seems common across the west and maybe broader than that. We dress them up as magical shamen (shapeople).

[George K]

Isn't "Red Judge" a thing in Great Britain?

[Aqua Letifer]

@horace said in Wat Dis?:

primitive

I think that points to the wrong conclusion.

[Doctor Phibes]

Hey, at least we don't have knobheads pulling out semi-automatic weaponry in the middle of our televised show-trials.

If you're sent down, it's much better if Santa Claus does it than Judge Judy.

[Horace]

@aqua-letifer said in Wat Dis?:

@horace said in Wat Dis?:

primitive

I think that points to the wrong conclusion.

What's the right conclusion?

[Aqua Letifer]

@horace said in Wat Dis?:

@aqua-letifer said in Wat Dis?:

@horace said in Wat Dis?:

primitive

I think that points to the wrong conclusion.

What's the right conclusion?

It's not boolean. But merely labeling it primitive is wrong by omission, I think anyway.

[Horace]

@aqua-letifer said in Wat Dis?:

@horace said in Wat Dis?:

@aqua-letifer said in Wat Dis?:

@horace said in Wat Dis?:

primitive

I think that points to the wrong conclusion.

What's the right conclusion?

It's not boolean. But merely labeling it primitive is wrong by omission, I think anyway.

I'm sure it's complex but I see it as a vestigial piece of more primitive cultures. We have uniforms for lots of people, but none so intentionally ostentatious as the uniforms we choose for our judges. It's basically wizard costumes. I suppose priests would be another example, but at least religion is self aware about its ties to the past.

[Aqua Letifer]

@horace said in Wat Dis?:

@aqua-letifer said in Wat Dis?:

@horace said in Wat Dis?:

@aqua-letifer said in Wat Dis?:

@horace said in Wat Dis?:

primitive

I think that points to the wrong conclusion.

What's the right conclusion?

It's not boolean. But merely labeling it primitive is wrong by omission, I think anyway.

It's basically wizard costumes.

Yeah, it's very much like that. But pointing to that as an example of absurdity is a bit like a fish laughing at the absurd concept of water.

The limbic system is older than our frontal lobe by quite a bit. From a humanity perspective, wizard robes are more valid than computer programming. You might buy into that or not, which is your choice, but either way, we can learn from our cultural beliefs or simply be stuck with them. Calling it all silly and worthless gets you Ax types and hermits, but even Ax buys into some of it.

[George K]

"The country where the official North Pole lies has a court to decide who is naughty and nice."

[Renauda]

Court robes for judges and barristers is a tradition stemming from our British past. So long as the Crown remains Canada’s head of state, I suspect that and other like traditions will remain in place.

I am content with the British tradition that keeps the country distinct from its republican neighbors in the Western Hemisphere.

[Mik]

I am loathe to do away with all traditions and rituals simply because they have no obvious practical purpose in today's world.

[George K]

@mik said in Wat Dis?:

I am loathe to do away with all traditions and rituals simply because they have no obvious practical purpose in today's world.

Indeed. Look at uniforms worn by law enforcement, military, etc. So much not practical, but still...

[Mik]

It would make for a very drab, colorless world.

[Aqua Letifer]

@mik said in Wat Dis?:

I am loathe to do away with all traditions and rituals simply because they have no obvious practical purpose in today's world.

When we spend all damn day staring at screens, driving cars, and getting paid to make logical decisions, it's pretty easy to delude ourselves into thinking that only practicality matters. But we actually need this stuff. I'd argue further that it's good that we do, but either way, we're stuck with it.

[Catseye3]

@mik said in Wat Dis?:

I am loathe to do away with all traditions and rituals simply because they have no obvious practical purpose in today's world.

[Horace]

I wasn't mocking the uniforms, I was only observing that they are different in kind from other uniforms, and seem to harken back to frilly outfits for mystics.