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Old 10-09-2007, 03:47 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Archaea View Post
Change is very, very slow in our society. We are afraid of change, and we are afraid to do things the way others do. Sometimes this helps but often how others do things, especially if our way isn't working as well as one might hope, it wouldn't hurt to follow the lead of others.

We have some bright women, why not use them, especially the single sisters who aren't married and having children as they should.
A couple of thoughts:

1. Change, purely for the sake of change, is folly.

2. Accepting the proposed change(s) requires being able to project whether or not the new way constitutes an demonstrable improvement over the status quo, rather than the mere exchange of one set of deficiencies for another.
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