It's the other side of Chesterton's Fence: When you do understand why the fence was put there, you can remove it. Too often people turn Chesterton's Fence into

It's the other side of Chesterton's Fence: When you do understand why the fence was put there, you can remove it. Too often people turn Chesterton's Fence into Frost's Fence: "Good fences make good neighbors" and refuse to think beyond that.