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Apr 17, 2018
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MaxxPower
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Obedience takes a lot more back bone than disobedience
Thinking otherwise is a defensive mechanism called "rationalizing."
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My nephew can't grow facial hair. I think he would like to. He is a fellow
BYU71
4/16/18 10:08am
There is no reason anymore. It's a historical artifact from the hippie era.
chilango
4/16/18 10:10am
I always thought it was an effort by the church to eliminate the image of Mormons as "bearded polygamists"
Str8CashCougar
4/16/18 4:52pm
Nothing to do with that. It was all about conservatism, and control...
So it goes...
4/16/18 5:30pm
I read the article, this is an opinion of marginal member, the author has
Beetdiggercoug
4/16/18 9:52pm
Aha, I always suspected the POTUS was a progressive!
chilango
4/16/18 10:42pm
Oh brother. Generalize much?
Michicoug
4/17/18 9:02am
yes, especially when it's obvious. Clarity of bias is a good thing.
Beetdiggercoug
4/17/18 11:11am
Inertia.
SandYFan
4/16/18 10:10am
Fizzics?
TNT
4/16/18 11:40am
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teancum
4/16/18 1:23pm
Because it's a gateway to long hair.
Rich Lather
4/16/18 10:11am
And what is the problem with long hair. I recall more than a couple
BYU71
4/16/18 10:12am
After long hair comes severe body odor.
Rich Lather
4/16/18 10:14am
I have sat by some sevier body odor folks. I think you are on to something
BYU71
4/16/18 10:19am
Only if you're European (BM oxcoug)
chilango
4/16/18 10:19am
Ah, those poor smelly folks in Sevier. Must be Yewt fans.
CougarThug
4/16/18 10:55am
No, pretty much everyone in Sevierville is a Tennessee Vol fan.
deljdc
4/16/18 11:56am
Which is a gateway to pre-marital sex and marijuana which leads
Archaea
4/16/18 12:32pm
And if the leaders have beards, the youth might grow up and think beards are OK.
frontrowcougar
4/16/18 2:14pm
My brother went to law school at BYU. He mentioned that the law school didn't enforce those rules strictly
Pimpin4Paradise
4/16/18 10:15am
Can confirm. Currently have a beard, but shaved this semester for intramurals
TCuz
4/16/18 10:35am
A cosmic question too small for God. Try Brigham.
mantis mutu
4/16/18 10:45am
Jealousy. HC police [aka Nazis ;-)] are probably just facial hair impaired.
CougarThug
4/16/18 10:53am
No valid reasons, at all.
indojoe
4/16/18 11:02am
Despite the nay sayers here there is still good logic with the no beard thing
Pretorian
4/16/18 11:57am
I happen to be a recruiter for a large multinational back East, which recruits
chilango
4/16/18 12:21pm
There is absolutely no doubt this A reason it is in place at byu, is it dated
Pretorian
4/16/18 2:11pm
You're conflating two things here: what the rule should be (i.e. the topic we're
chilango
4/16/18 2:39pm
We disagree it’s ok...
Pretorian
4/16/18 5:45pm
RE: We disagree it’s ok...
Cougstreak
4/17/18 10:55am
IMO the rule is nonsensical and there are no positives or negatives from it
Heath Squashwell
4/17/18 11:54am
I would WANT to get fired from your company.
antiyewt
4/16/18 4:22pm
It was rediculous.... for sure... not unlike a lot of things at BYU
Pretorian
4/16/18 5:46pm
Young kids and adults are supposed to be ridiculous. It’s what makes it great
Nakedbootleg
4/16/18 4:36pm
Chilango speaks truth
rmreitz
4/17/18 12:40pm
It’s not 1990, brother.
macaroni
4/16/18 1:13pm
what does 1990 have to do with this? I was at BYU in the mid 2000s and we
Pretorian
4/16/18 2:13pm
Oh good grief
shakarocks
4/16/18 2:52pm
“Policing” people about things like beards is counterproductive.
Nakedbootleg
4/16/18 3:51pm
Reason prevails....thank you.
Beetdiggercoug
4/16/18 9:55pm
I get the whole "clean cut" image for the church, but a well maintained beard shouldn't be banned.
Ned Schneebly
4/16/18 12:16pm
Most professors hate enforcing it - so BYU uses every alternate means imaginable
mantis mutu
4/16/18 12:32pm
They're still ticked bout conceding on the Coke. You bet they're tightenin up on
mantis mutu
4/16/18 12:40pm
Rise up oh men of God, throw off the shackles of Gillette, your oppressor!
frontrowcougar
4/16/18 1:04pm
"Those who run the show can stick it somewhere else if you like."
QBarrister
4/16/18 1:36pm
in my experience, intramural referees take their honor code enforcement duties VERY seriously
Str8CashCougar
4/16/18 1:49pm
I don’t know, but I laughed at this sentence.
PJMort
4/16/18 2:02pm
its because it would be even weirder to enforce it anywhere else. Walking down the hall, denying purchase of food etc
ColonelMustard
4/16/18 2:18pm
Ask the New York Yankees
kimdaddy35
4/16/18 3:02pm
Oh boy, it is the off season!
rockyrd
4/16/18 7:15pm
Why does everyone care so much? Cut your hair and shave and you get a world class education for a
MaxxPower
4/16/18 9:36pm
Personally, I agree in full (& did as a student). But we're dealing
mantis mutu
4/16/18 10:59pm
Nonsense
JupiterJones
4/17/18 11:37am
Obedience takes a lot more back bone than disobedience
MaxxPower
4/17/18 11:19pm
This is mostly true in a gospel context, but very debateable outside of it.
chilango
4/18/18 5:13am
RE: Obedience takes a lot more back bone than disobedience
Cougstreak
4/18/18 7:59am
I'm glad our founding fathers had weak backbones...
So it goes...
4/18/18 8:54pm
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