tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643109.post4458506362856679343..comments2023-10-31T15:19:20.819+00:00Comments on Inspired to blog: Sunday Scribblings - "Tradition"Shammihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07905000396589717457noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643109.post-35252367786181929452008-12-09T01:40:00.000+00:002008-12-09T01:40:00.000+00:00Welcome back.I feel your pain. This is the first r...Welcome back.<BR/>I feel your pain. This is the first real "writing" post I've done in many weeks.DJParehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029267667550203879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643109.post-71733856120090669262008-12-08T18:39:00.000+00:002008-12-08T18:39:00.000+00:00hope you had a good holiday!Well - we can modify t...hope you had a good holiday!<BR/><BR/>Well - we can modify tradition and claim it's now MY family tradition :)<BR/><BR/>I do hate regressive ideas in the name of tradition. Traditions are supposed to preserve something sweet - not perpetrate something archaic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643109.post-18930299218761591742008-12-08T17:59:00.000+00:002008-12-08T17:59:00.000+00:00Welcome back, Shyam! Hope you've had a great holid...Welcome back, Shyam! Hope you've had a great holiday...:)<BR/><BR/>You know, the whole 'tradition' thing is used too often as an excuse to, exactly as you say, resist embracing change. Wonder why that is...fear of the 'unknown'; findinf comfort in the 'known angel being better than unknown devil'; perhaps...?<BR/><BR/>Anyhoo, great to have you back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643109.post-37260597753470596102008-12-08T16:10:00.000+00:002008-12-08T16:10:00.000+00:00Welcome back, cuz.Welcome back, cuz.Teesu (very very Indian, very very good)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18121120105725432864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643109.post-47141821318675873492008-12-08T14:00:00.000+00:002008-12-08T14:00:00.000+00:00So nice to see you back!Agree with everything you'...So nice to see you back!<BR/>Agree with everything you've written about "traditions" - so many of them are relatively recent, but passed off as having existed for centuries. And also, many of these "traditions" were considered quite radical at the time they first came about!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643109.post-36255548762296657382008-12-08T13:40:00.000+00:002008-12-08T13:40:00.000+00:00hmm like what you said about the oxymoron..never t...hmm like what you said about the oxymoron..never thought of it that wayRamblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048279856792308653noreply@blogger.com