<p>so for my essay today i said that not all traditions should be kept alive, and i for examples i used:</p>
<p>the military tradition of water boarding - talked about how it dehumanizes us
tradition radical religious fervor - I talked about how it caused the crusades, 9/11, thirty years war..</p>
<p>I feel like those aren't even really traditions...are they? I FAIL.</p>
<p>At least yours are interesting. Mine (Civil War and Fahrenheit 451) were pretty trite.</p>
<p>I wonder if anyone at all said that old traditions SHOULD be kept… that would seem hard to defend.</p>
<p>My examples were pretty bad and sort of contradicted each other… if I get a conservative Christian I am so screwed.</p>
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<li>Christian holidays that have lost their true meaning & have become commercial consumer pitfalls (Christmas & Easter)</li>
<li>The existence of God that has become integrated into daily life (In God We Trust & “one nation under God”). I used history with the first amendment and the addition of “under God” to the pledge. </li>
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<p>I fail.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, entrancestone, I’m a conservative christian and I wouldn’t hold it against you. We’re not all monsters. :)</p>
<p>haha entrancestone, i like yours.</p>
<p>might have something to do with me being an atheist though. Or as Richard Dawkins would say, a militant atheist.</p>