Recently in my Government class, I had the following discussion with the student sitting to my right.
"I hate Jesus sandals!"
Me: "What?"
"You know, when girls wear sandals like what Jesus wore. It's like, NO! Those are his sandals. And they're not even nice looking without the big robe he wore. I mean, that robe covered them most of the time anyway."
Me: "Well I guess people think they're still in style..."
"My people don't need to be wearin no Jesus sandals. We wear J's, 'forces, Tims, fuhlip-fuhlops!"
Me: "Hang on..what are Jay's? And..vorces?!?"
"It's like..if you saw someone carryin a staff around like Moses', you would not stand for that. I would not stand for that. I'ma gonna beat up anyone who carries around a Moses staff, cuz you just don't do that!"
This conversation was not absurd. I learned a lot about my friend’s friends and their choice of shoes. However, his argument is indeed absurd. It is ridiculous that he believes girls should not wear Jesus sandals just because Jesus wore them. I argued that it was okay to copy someone else’s style according to our nation’s Constitution (freedom of expression), and it is ridiculous for my fellow classmate to assume that I would be upset if I saw someone walking around with a Moses staff.
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