On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Matthew Hunter wrote: > Those quotes embrace contradicting opinions on the value of > tradition, you realize. One uses sarcasm to suggest that > adherence to tradition is silly; the other is a quite > straightforward statement of principle. Ahem. Burke was not being sarcastic, and neither was I in quoting him. > In other words, tradition cumulative result of the prior > generations saying "This is what we did, and it worked." Precisely so. pe