Boy kept home after school insists he cuts off ponytail

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Interesting article SilVa.

I can only share my experience with long hair and that is I feel it has helped me be more, well, me. It helped tremendously in becoming more of an individual. I've had several styles in the past, spikey, skinhead, curtains, short back and sides but I always preferred it longer. I didn't choose to have it long out of some need to be different - I simply liked the style.

Anyway I got the looks and comments - I was once called a woman, to which I replied if you know women with beards I feel sorry for you. But all these things helped me grow stronger mentally and in some schools of thought, that process is required to become an individual and break through social conditioning which apparently has a spiritual component to it in itself - mental strength leading to individuality. I'm not saying long hair is necessary simply the process and for me a part of that was achieved with having a hairstyle nobody else had or was very rare which I decided to have because I wanted to have it - not to be seperate from the crowd or even to be apart of the crowd, but simply for, in a cynical way, selfish purposes. Judging by the variations of hairdos I've seen people have, I know most people my age simply have their hairstyles because it is either fashionable or they are following the latest trend - basically they are not being themselves and are looking for acceptance and thus conform, meaning they'll rarely ever realise their God-given individuality. This doesn't simply apply to hair but for several other things and unfortunately in the western world, people follow fads and trends instead of being themselves and a little creative - much to the detriment of their own personal development.

Anyway if one studies long-hair, they'll find men allover the world generally had it long. The shaven head in ancient Greece was reserved for slaves to set them apart - a marker if you will. A similar instance occured around World War I in that the short hair of the soldier was a sign of servitude or peasantry. Look at the number of deities that have been depicted with long hair - nevermind Jesus but the classic depiction of God is of a bearded long-haired man. Zeus, Thor and many Hindu deities are depicted with long hair which was followed suit by the various cults that sprang up from their worship. The ponytail itself sort of stems from a pragmatic approach to being on the battlefield before guns were used. Simply put, your hair could be grabbed by an opponent - problem solved by tying it back. Some have even claimed the mullet goes back to this concept many hundreds of years ago with the Huns. This fascination with the hair being short amongst the masses virtually stemmed from an acceptance of somebody else telling them what was acceptable in society and is essentially what long haired elites deemed a relevant hairstyle for commoners. Fuck that, I am free to make my own choices as is everybody else.

Besides if we're talking about 'natural' fair enough babies aren't born with long hair but scissors aren't exactly provided to you by nature now are they? Female babies aren't born with breasts either. A deeper consideration is that if one studies 'the conspiracy', it is basically a war on all that is natural - remoulding creation if you will. Perhaps the short hair thing emphasises that a bit more. I'm not surprised the Native Americans keep their hair long and seem to come to similar conclusions about the world in terms of certain groups trying to push 'progress' and concluding it is not exactly a better way of living.