Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rhiannon on August 03, 2017, 11:59:58 AM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40749640
Incredible story.
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I'm so much of a skeptic that I'm even skeptical of claims of mass hysteria.
Hair, like internal organs (albeit much lower down the scale, obvs.) is a commodity - it's bought and sold for a good price for a variety of reasons, the main one being the creation of realistic* wigs that sell for top dollar. This seems more plausible to me than "they all independently imagined it".
* comparatively speaking.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40749640
Incredible story.
Weird!
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My question would be 'Were a woman, in the culture this has happened in, to be known to have sold her hair be shameful in some way?'
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I'm so much of a skeptic that I'm even skeptical of claims of mass hysteria.
Hair, like internal organs (albeit much lower down the scale, obvs.) is a commodity - it's bought and sold for a good price for a variety of reasons, the main one being the creation of realistic* wigs that sell for top dollar. This seems more plausible to me than "they all independently imagined it".
* comparatively speaking.
Not wigs. Extensions.
I think there has to be a kernel of truth in there somewhere. I immediately thought if hair being sold, or stolen to order, but then the accounts say that the cut hair was found thrown on the floor.