Modern security concerns at Oxford arose because traditional status function indicators (clothing) ceased to distinguish members from non-members when everyone began wearing blue jeans, requiring institutions to adopt door-locking measures they previously didn't need

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John Searle

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now everybody wears blue jeans they imitate the americans so you can't do that anymore and people have now started locking their doors

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The Logical Structure of Human Civilization (John Searle)Philosophy Overdose
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:18:37 PM

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