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In article <6mo123$i8l$4@uni00nw.unity.ncsu.edu>, mwdamick@unity.ncsu.edu
(Matthew William Damick) wrote:

  :Andy Walton (atticus@mindspring.com) wrote: 
  :
  :: In article <358ede29.0@news9.kcdata.com>, "joseph cerminaro"
  :: <cerminar@wnclink.com> wrote:
  ::  
  :: : rejecting tradition simply because it is tradition is like an 
  :: : adolescent who wont listen to a good idea simply because it comes 
  :: : from his parents. 
  ::   
  :: Acceptance of tradition simply because it's tradition is the refuge of
  :: someone who prefers blind acceptance of their parents' teachings 
  :: to actual thought.
  :
  :Provided you know that person is unthinking, sure.  Does it occur to you 
  :that the person who seeks 'refuge' in tradition might, just maybe, have 
  :come to the conclusion that the tradition really is the best option for 
  :him?

Does it occur to you that someone who rejects tradition might, just maybe,
have come to the conclusion that the tradition really is not the best
option for him?

Read the above exchange again -- I was making the point that mindless
tradition and mindless rebellion share the quality of being mindless. You
criticism of my post applies equally to the post to which I was
responding.
-- 
 "When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split."
                                                     -- Raymond Chandler
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