Comments on: Beards

By: Random Lutheran

Random Lutheran — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 02:48:32 +0000

Mr. Lee — when told such a silly thing by another man, ask them why they hide their beard, which is part of their true face as a man. Why do they want to continue to look like children?

By: peg

peg — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:43:58 +0000

In Saudi Arabia, the extremist Moslem men had unkempt beards—all of the religious police, for example. They also wore shorter “thobes”, often of homespun fabrics, and sloppy headdresses. otherwise, Saudi men had mustaches but either neatly trimmed beards or no beard at all. They wore long, white thobes and neat red-and-white checkered headdresses.

I am sure there was a reason for the messy facial hair on the extremists, but I was not going to stick around to find out. They were always bad news, and people (especially Westerners) scattered when they appeared on the street.

By: Crowhill

Crowhill — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:10:33 +0000

The fact that most Roman Catholic priests are clean-shaven has always seemed to me a subtle message that they are more Roman than Catholic.

By: Mick Lee

Mick Lee — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:43:22 +0000

I have a beard for purely practical reasons. Daily shaving gives me a constant irritation and turns my face a crimson red as if I had an infection. It doesn’t matter which razor I use. It doesn’t matter if I use an electric shaver. I’ve even tried a barber. It all is the same. In spite of all these shaves, it still looks like I have a five o’clock shadow at eight in the morning. I finally gave up and thus the beard. Fortunately, I can grow a beard that looks decent. (Many guys can only sprout patchy facial hair)

What is frustrating is that some will tell you to your face (no pun intented) that you have a beard so you can “hide”. In spite of the fact that this is a best dimestore psychology, many hold to it as an article of faith.

By: Mike Melendez

Mike Melendez — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:08:17 +0000

For me, it’s very simple. My wife likes my beard, so I’ve had it for over 30 years.

By: DennisM

DennisM — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:11:07 +0000

A friend once shared with me his memory of this issue when he was a student at a protestant parochial school. Since the dress code did not permit young men to have facial hair, he and his friends wondered about the artwork in their books and Bibles. They had observed that Old Testament patriarchs, and Jesus and the disciples all sported full beards. However, Satan was always drawn as clean shaven.
Their dean did not satisfy them with his answer.

(As for me, I started wearing a beard so I would project more authority in a classroom to students not much younger than me. Now that I’m older, it’s too drastic a change to take it off.)