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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (91203)	10/21/2008 6:45:10 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541776

"tending to preserve what has been established" is 1 - Only part of conservatism, and even only part of the definition at that link 2 - Doesn't equal "resistance to all change", or "general resistance to change" particularly because 3 - Is about resistance to certain types of changes, or changes in particularly areas, not a blanket condemnation or opposition to change. Conservatism, to the extent you can boil it down to anything so simple (and in doing so you lose accuracy, even as you gain simplicity), and to the extent is is about preservation, or resistance to change (and its more than that) is about preserving things that are seen as important parts of western civilization and culture, and important parts of the American identity and constitutional order, not "preserving everything as it is now".

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (91203)	10/21/2008 7:08:34 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541776

Do you find that definition insulting? I've never been what you'd call conservative (although I never came close to investing in any derivatives and have bunches of munis<g>) so I'm hardly insulted. I just like words that represent concepts and care about keeping them straight. that conservative is not about "conserving" the old way and resisting change I can live with "resisting." My problem was with "opposing." Of course conservatives are resistant to change. "First, conserve what you have" is the rule. Conservative people are cautious, perhaps overly cautious, even stuck in the mud. As for opposing change, lots of people oppose change. Change is uncomfortable, demanding, unsettling. People who oppose change, in my experience, are timid or lazy or pessimistic or simply too content to disrupt their comfort zones. None of that is the same as "conservative."