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:: Are these just straw men? I didn't say that conservatives defend ''all'' traditions or are ''completely'' against modifying or ending traditions when they've shown themselves to be harmful. That wouldn't fit the idea that traditions evolve and accumulate wisdom, and no one holds such a simplistic view of tradition. Anyway, would you be willing to offer a serious answer to my question? —[[User:BenKovitz|Ben Kovitz]] 23:54, 21 August 2011 (EDT)
:: Are these just straw men? I didn't say that conservatives defend ''all'' traditions or are ''completely'' against modifying or ending traditions when they've shown themselves to be harmful. That wouldn't fit the idea that traditions evolve and accumulate wisdom, and no one holds such a simplistic view of tradition. Anyway, would you be willing to offer a serious answer to my question? —[[User:BenKovitz|Ben Kovitz]] 23:54, 21 August 2011 (EDT)
:::Ben, my response was indeed thoughtful, although not verbose. I'm not sure what the point was of your digression on tradition, but it's irrelevant to the question at hand: conservatives refuse to accept evolution for the same reason we refuse to accept [[moral relativism]] or, in Andy's apt comparison, the Piltdown man: it's false. [[User:Jcw|Jcw]] 13:31, 22 August 2011 (EDT)