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Old 05-10-09, 01:22 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Aramike View Post
Part of an institution is the traditions surrounding it. Remove the traditions and you're altering the very meaning of the term.
True, but the fact that you in general alter the meaning of the term by removing or changing traditions connected to it can't really in itself be a good reason against some proposed change of institutional tradition.
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