Poll: Your tradition is shit!

[Rigs83]

A young woman in Arizona has just died from injuries she sustained when her father ran her and her friend over in his car last week. Apparently he felt she had become too "Westernized" and ran her over , fled to Mexico and took a plane to Great Britain. He was denied entry into Great Britain and sent back to the US where he is in prison under a 5 million dollar bail. Read the full text here. [http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/02/arizona.iraqi.dad/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn]
Now I try to show at least some basic respect to peoples' stupid ancient traditions revolving around how people are denigrated by sex, hierarchy and caste.

 

[Valate_v1legacy]

Tradition is retarded. I'm being serious too, not just using hyperbolies at whim here...

 

[grimsprice]

My true opinion of "tradition" would get me banned. As i've answered in the poll. So that is all.

 

[Berethond]

If you don't like the culture here, then you can GO HOME. What the hell did he expect moving to America?
<color=white>She's hot too.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Tradition isn't always bad, so where's the "depends" option?

 

[Souplex]

In your post it doesn't mention that they were Iraqi and as such most people won't know what tradition you are talking aboot unless they click the link.

 

[Kollega]

Yes,my tradition is shit. My tradition is the shit.

In seriousness,most old traditions are not good for public safety. Sure,we can keep harmless ones,but the ones endangering living things should be defenestrated.

 

[Rigs83]

Tradition isn't always bad, so where's the "depends" option?

Here's your "depends" option.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Tradition isn't always bad, so where's the "depends" option?

Here's your "depends" option.

It's only threatening with your avatar.

 

[lostclause]

Tradition is okay so long as no one gets harmed by it so I put depends.

 

[katsa5]

How many 'Law and Order' episodes alone have been written on that very concept? I can count seven.
I don't think that's necessarily a 'tradition'. A tradition is a habit or ritual passing down through generations. This specific case seems more like a man's own Opinion becoming a personal, unbreakable Law that has become a form of Control; which is different from a tradition.

 

[Yoshi_egg80]

Tradition is an important way to honor you're ancestors and remember them, but they should never dictate one's actions.

 

[WolfThomas]

What I think is a good point was when the British had control of India they banned the practice of widows throwing themselves (or being thrown forcibly) on their deceased husband's funeral pyres.

A british governor or something, trying to find the exact quote on wikipedia, when told it was their "tradition", replied something like "Very well but it is our a tradition to hang anyone who burns a women alive"

 

[geldonyetich]

Some tradition is founded on rational behavior. Therefore, to live completely by tradition is irrational, but so also is to write off all tradition as shit.

 

[dududf]

My tradition is to take a shit atleast once every 2 days.

So good observation there, my tradition IS shit. Give yourself a Medal of Awsomeness

 

[Nincompoop]

Tradition is bollocks. If you live by the viewpoint your community lives by, BECAUSE it's your community and tradition, then you are doing it for the wrong reasons. It might happen that you treasure the same way of life, which is fair enough (no need for anti-tradition just BECAUSE it's tradition), but do it because YOU want it.

kthx-BYE (caps pr0)

 

[Dark Knifer]

If tradition and routine are the same then I don't see whats wrong with it.

 

[ottenni]

I have no problem with tradition,i do however have a problem with forcing it upon someone.

 

[Worgen]

meh, tradition is what you call something that is too weak to stand on its own so you have to defend it by saying "we have always done this"