Re: Shaving

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu May 25 2000 - 06:17:43 BST

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    >I'm
    >pretty sure there is a history of beards - it may be mixed in with clothing.

    There is really only one reason I wear a beard, and have, since I could,
    which has been about 30 years now.

    And it is an old reason.

    And, as far as I know, it is historically correct.

    And the reason is this- Alexander was the first to command that his
    soldiers shave their beards, since having a beard provided an enemy, in
    the type of close quarter fighting that was common with swords and hand
    weapons, a purchase, a handle, especially to raise the chin for the
    purpose of throat cutting. So, a soldier in Alexander's army was
    close-shaven.

    And so, to me, the beard has always been the mark of the pacifist.

    And that is why I wear one.

    - Wade

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