Reply #200: Wow! Does this qualify as a flame war?

[Zookeeper]

If so, it's my first. Now I feel like a real DUer! }(

TahitiNut, I am aware that you are expressing your opinion and not trying to make law. But, go back to your posts and look at the highly charged words you used when you refer to women who wear make-up and dress fashionably. Make-up is not inherently any "dirtier" than hand lotion or Chapstick. Wearing cosmetics and the latest fashion is not a reliable indicator of health or self-esteem. I've met plenty of women who dress plainly and don't wear make-up that have lousy self-esteem. You have a preference for "natural" looking women. Fine. But, unless you are TRYING to insult "non-natural" looking women, you may want to express your preference in a less harshly judgemental way.

BTW, you would probably approve of MY dress and hygiene, so this isn't personal. However, I can't resist playing Devil's Advocate for people who gain pleasure from expressing themselves creatively and colorfully through dress. I'm tired of terminal tastefulness. The world would be a drabber, greyer place without some Dolly Partons.

"The chief enemy of creativity is good taste." - Pablo Picasso

"It is good taste and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to creative functioning." - Salvadore Dali