[Avodah] reactionary takanos and gezeiros

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

The closest example I can think of is not secular.  Mennonite (including 
Amish) men shave their moustaches to express their rejection of all 
things military, because when their customs were formed soldiers wore 
moustaches.


> PS: Along similar lines, I have long searched for a secular idea that
> is similar to our concept of l'chatchila and b'dieved,
There's the principle "de mimimis non curat lex", but that's more like 
chatzi shiur, which civil law considers mutar lechatchila.

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