Thursday, June 17, 2010

Evocative Symbols

Earlier today I saw a kid in a white fright wig. He wore a lab coat and I realised he was in costume as a "scientist" -- the fright wig, of course, referred to Einstein.

On television when a commercial involves a judge they often wear a wig and pound a gavel -- something that doesn't happen in real life as British judges wear wigs but don't use gavels and American judges use gavels but don't wear wigs. In Canada our judges use neither.

It's odd how the symbols of a judge are not really related to judging; certainly, few scientists have the hair of Einstein.

I suppose the symbols have some evocative pull on the psyche and so survive?
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

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No wonder why SunTv is so feared by the far left socialists in Canada.

Anonymous said...

CABLE NEWS RACE
WED., JUNE 16, 2010
VIEWERS

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,055,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,308,000
FOXNEWS BECK 1,957,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,949,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 1,858,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,502,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,098,000
MSNBC 'RISE FAR RIGHT' 1,044,000
CNNHN GRACE 813,000
MSNBC MADDOW 810,000
CNN KING 693,000
CNNHN BEHAR 682,000


No wonder Don Newman and all the progressives hate FoxNews.

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