[LMB] now somewhat OT: and veered away from: SciFi vs Fantasy

[Elizabeth Holden]

> Raye Johnsen wrote:
> > I have long held the opinion that, as a whole, the
> > average person is pretty. 

I'm with Raye here.  Most people are attractive.  Most people, it seems to me, think they are not.
And to some extent we are taught not to value beauty, not to let children think they might be
beautiful, and to define beauty only by artificial Hollywood or fashion model standards.  All of
which I disapprove of.

And beauty is primarily the way the personality shows in the face and body.

Mark:
> What you are thinking of is the bell 
> curve.  Most people, about 60%, are "average", and by average, I mean 
> reasonably decent-looking, possibly cute in some way, but nothing to 
> write home about.

We obviously have different standards of beauty. Or different ways of measuring it. Or different
ways of perceiving it. I'd say your definition is too narrow - based on Hollywood types.  And
*they* are a matter of subjective judgement anyway, based more on glamour than on looks.

namaste,
Elizabeth