tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post8087697342527720053..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Traditional By ChoiceGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-80115261098686084572011-09-02T18:58:14.020-04:002011-09-02T18:58:14.020-04:00Dont actually mean like the bad part part of his l...Dont actually mean like the bad part part of his life( getting shot 9 time cant be fun) I just love In Da Club. A more accurate one would be live like Flo Rida.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-61295840361658742392011-08-15T18:30:24.731-04:002011-08-15T18:30:24.731-04:00Anonymous: you do have the choice not to marry. Yo...Anonymous: you do have the choice not to marry. You are at little risk of being ostracized for it. Norms are norms whether we like it or not. I think traditional ways of living are norms (thought by most people to be worth choosing) and normal (actually chosen by most people) because they work better for most people. <br /><br />I am puzzled by your choice of Curtis Jackson (50 Cent) as a role model, since he does not live with his son or his son's mother, as well as his many bad actions as citizen and artistic colleague.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864860607925412103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-11321807111030238572011-08-15T17:50:16.177-04:002011-08-15T17:50:16.177-04:00I think that people like me who dont want to get m...I think that people like me who dont want to get married should have a choice to live life my way. I like the choice to live like 50 cent if i want to and have the cash. I dislike the idea of tradition being a norm and risking being ostrasiced for not conforming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-85481139498609960492011-05-31T17:15:43.929-04:002011-05-31T17:15:43.929-04:00Despite all the choices, most people in our societ...Despite all the choices, most people in our society choose marriage and a family. It's what most of us want.Diane Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-71976656040270681862010-04-07T06:00:42.701-04:002010-04-07T06:00:42.701-04:00Tradition: collective wisdom over time.
I wouldn&...Tradition: collective wisdom over time.<br /><br />I wouldn't say that tradition is always right, but if it's usually wrong, it tends to get dropped from the collective wisdom.Black Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347464061061628147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-13659994440532736022010-04-06T09:48:18.901-04:002010-04-06T09:48:18.901-04:00they say '06 was a wonderful year for alaskan ...they say '06 was a wonderful year for alaskan grizzly...<br /><br />i have heard that it's the amiish communities w/the strictest 'ordnung' (unwritten rule) which retain the most members. the more laissez-faire amish tend to have more of a problem with attrition.<br /><br />maybe it's just that strict rules of conduct keep folks occupied.randynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-58655045909173724222010-04-05T18:20:35.126-04:002010-04-05T18:20:35.126-04:00You make my point exactly. Faced with the choice ...You make my point exactly. Faced with the choice to live like permanent choosers, or to choose to live a traditional life, I have chosen a traditional life. Including choosing to be a Calvinist. <br /><br />I also think that we exaggerate how little choice there was in premodern societies. The range of choices was limited, but a significant hunk of individuals did, in fact, live differently than their parents did.<br /><br />(I know my future daughter-in-law is likely to be tough, but I have not expected her to be bear-drinking :-) )Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-9763956756258466122010-04-05T15:16:34.148-04:002010-04-05T15:16:34.148-04:00Beau,
But wasn't it an inherent part of tradi...Beau,<br /><br />But wasn't it an inherent part of traditional cultures that you didn't have a choice about your cultural circumstances? If you were the son of a shoemaker, then you became a shoemaker? And you married someone only of your social station, etc.?<br /><br />Today the fact of your father being a latte-sipping intellectual has little bearing on what his son may become, and he may marry a bear-drinking plebe without any social consequences.<br /><br />Isn't this like say that you are a Calvinist by choice?Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.com