tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885119466502532184.post980859123305056833..comments2015-08-22T23:49:51.738-07:00Comments on Musings and Streams of Consciousness: Letter, Spirit, ReasonTaylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879658483252601890noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885119466502532184.post-83986137683793547072010-08-10T00:22:47.837-07:002010-08-10T00:22:47.837-07:00As a slightly less out there example: skirts vs. p...As a slightly less out there example: skirts vs. pants.<br /><br />Written: Women must wear skirts, not pants.<br /><br />Letter: Women are forbidden from wearing pants, and must wear skirts.<br /><br />Spirit: Skirts are proper women's clothing.<br /><br />Reason: Modesty. [It was considered very risque to show leg, even suggesting where it was on a woman was considered too much.]<br /><br />In the beginning, all agreed. Long skirts hid women's legs. Then they got tight, making it a little odd. Then they got shorter, meaning that letter and spirit were being followed properly, but the reason had been completely lost. That last, in anecdote form (my mother tells me this actually happened):<br /><br />A woman walks up to a fancy restaurant wearing a pantsuit. She is informed that she is not allowed to wear pants, and must change if she wishes to enter. She removes her pants.<br /><br />Well...the top in the suit was a tunic, and so worked as a miniskirt.<br /><br />They let her in.Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879658483252601890noreply@blogger.com