Faux-Hawks: A think piece

Seriously though, what is the deal with faux-hawks? I'm sure you are all familiar with what a faux hawk is. . .when dudes with short-ish hair sort of spike their hair into a little mohawk like David Beckham did 5 years ago. What a fucking joke. What are these people trying to convey with this hairstyle? That they're kind of edgy or anti-establishment? That they've got attitude and refuse to have a conventional hairstyle? Who the fuck knows.

My impression of anyone who rocks a faux-hawk is this: "I'm a twenty-something douche-bag who is too scared to have a REAL mohawk because it's permanent and if my boss says he doesn't like my faux hawk I can just wash my hair. . .so I'm actually not that edgy or anti-establishment. . .I'm just an idiot who thinks mohawks are cool."

I just don't get it. It's so half-assed. At least people with real mohawks have said "yeah man I have a fucking mohawk! There is NO hair on the side of my head. . .I can either have a mohawk or wear a hat! That's it! And even if I wear a hat you can see the flattened mohawk coming out the back." A guy with a faux hawk has decided to "stay on the safe side" and that to me is incredibly lame. Since the rise of punk music in the seventies, the mohawk has come to symbolize rebellion. The faux-hawk, an accepted hairstyle in today's corporate workplace, seems to be a contradiction of all that the mohawk stands for. It's sad, really.

Now, I don't like judging people on how they look or how they dress or what their hair looks like. Obviously I do, but I don't like to admit it. And I really don't like openly critisizing people's looks in a popular blog like this. . .but I just really don't get the faux hawk. So I don't know. . .what do you guys think? Should we just accept any sort of fashion statement as personal expression and leave it at that or can we openly criticize and ridicule those who go out of their way to look different and unique? I don't know. . .I really hate criticizing other people, but I do...and I really hate being a hypocrite too . . .anyway, tell me what you guys think. . .