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One of those things when you read it you wonder why it wasn't done that way in the first place.
by erikb 11y ago
One of those things when you read it you wonder why it wasn't done that way in the first place.
- imakesnowflakes 11y agoExactly when you need to apply this principle... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton's_fence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton's_fence >In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it
- erikb 11y agoWell, now you talk about that the reform is wrong (the suggested one or the previous ones?) but I said that I agree with it. So it feels like between the post you are responding to and the Fence there are some arguments missing, right?