On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 01:45:51PM -0800, rone <rone at ennui.org> wrote: > Matthew Hunter writes: > > You should try to understand the root causes of a particular > > tradition before advocating it be tossed out, but that > > understanding is not required in order for the tradition to be > > useful; in fact, the tradition is most useful in the absence of > > understanding. > > You're almost implying, it seems, that once you understand the process > > behind a tradition, you destroy the tradition, much in the way that > > explaining a joke destroys the joke. > I am offended, sir. I do nothing halfway or almost. ;) > Well... if it isn't a tradition anymore, then what is it? Either a quaint custom or a primitive superstition, depending on whether the person practicing it is wearing clothes or not. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Politics: http://www.triggerfinger.org/index.jsp