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Originally Posted by Fea

The "in" crowd scares me. They always get caught when they're up to mischief, rarely think for themselves...

A little harsh, don't you think? Just because you're conformist, doesn't mean you're automatically a delinquent. Delinquents don't account for the majority of the population, at least that I've seen.

Originally Posted by Glirdan

all that happens when you're with the "in" crowd is that you get into trouble.

Again, you seem to have a different idea of general conformity than I do. The majority of people I know, while conforming to fashion and music and the such-like, manage to stay out of trouble. Do I simply live in some sort of Utopia?

Originally Posted by Glirdan

I'd rather be a Tolkienite than someone who smokes anyday.

It's perfectly possible to be both. I don't approve of smoking, but it doesn't automatically make somebody a conformist, or an idiot, or a delinquent.

Originally Posted by Fea

But they do good.

Non-conforming doesn't automatically make them good, though. I don't think our lack of normalcy () makes us any better than people who all, for example, avidly follow Big Brother. It just makes us different.