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:Whoa, not so fast there, Slick. Conjecture is as conjecture does, and saying Renaldo's dress is Shriner rather than Middle Eastern is plenty conjectural when the Shriners explicitly (and somewhat cheekily) adopted those elements from Middle Eastern culture. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think I've ever seen a Shriner wear a turban. Unless you can point out something about Renaldo that is ''specifically'' Shriner, there's no reason to think he belongs to or intentionally dresses like the Order. For my money, the ridiculous juxtaposition of a turban ''and'' a fez indicates he's trying to look Middle Eastern and botching it. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 22:31, 18 December 2007 (UTC) | :Whoa, not so fast there, Slick. Conjecture is as conjecture does, and saying Renaldo's dress is Shriner rather than Middle Eastern is plenty conjectural when the Shriners explicitly (and somewhat cheekily) adopted those elements from Middle Eastern culture. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think I've ever seen a Shriner wear a turban. Unless you can point out something about Renaldo that is ''specifically'' Shriner, there's no reason to think he belongs to or intentionally dresses like the Order. For my money, the ridiculous juxtaposition of a turban ''and'' a fez indicates he's trying to look Middle Eastern and botching it. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 22:31, 18 December 2007 (UTC) | ||
- | ::Or trying to look like a Shriner and botching it (having assumed that Shriners ''must'' wear turbans since they have "Arabic" in their long name, the idea that all Arab men wear turbans being a common stereotype). The unusual orientation of the star and crescent are associated with the Shriners and AFAICT with nobody else. And if we want to explain his fez, his star and crescent, his turban and his name all at once, we can always say he's a Spanish Moor who also happens to be a | + | ::Or trying to look like a Shriner and botching it (having assumed that Shriners ''must'' wear turbans since they have "Arabic" in their long name, the idea that all Arab men wear turbans being a common stereotype). The unusual orientation of the star and crescent are associated with the Shriners and AFAICT with nobody else. And if we want to explain his fez, his star and crescent, his turban and his name all at once, we can always say he's a Spanish Moor who also happens to be a Shriner. [[User:Seahen|Seahen]] 06:08, 12 September 2009 (UTC) |