Re: FBOFW 9/30/05

Carl Fink wrote: 


Malcolm Gladwell writes about this in BLINK, his wonderful book on snap
judgements.  A few years before the writing, he let his hair grow long and
unruly.  Suddenly and for the first time in his life, cops were "randomly"
stopping him in the street for questioning.



A number of my friends have discovered that Goths seem to be far more likely
to be stopped by department store security for "random checks" while leaving the store than other people.
It's not because they look different, honest.

And we won't even mention my black coat ever since @#$%& Columbine.

--
Michael Sears
"No turning back where the end is in sight.
There's a job to be done, a fight to be won."

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