An interesting contemporary example of the old Quaker courtroom testimonies:
In some ways, my refusal to wear a tie has brought me into conflict with the Court system. My world view is horizontal, regarding all people as equal and aspiring to treat all people equally. The Court system is hierarchical, and it is important to many judges to have those in participate in Court dress in a way, and sit in their place, in order to mark their role in the hierarchical system. When I appear as an attorney without a tie, I am clashing with the expectations of that hiearchy. I still participate in that hierarchical system in 99.9% other ways - and am complicit in that hierarchy.
