"Sometimes I muse that one of the biggest problems with our world today is the death of compromise."
That's a great point. It seems to be getting worse every year. "Looking at the last few generations of Americans, particularly since WWII, there seems to be a growth of 'winner takes all, anything else is complete failure' attitude. " Possibly. It seems like the majority doesn't want to compromise anymore and the minority is accused of not compromising when the don't accept the majority's position. Health Care Deform had a lot of this going on. The Republicans said they wanted to compromise on issues. The Democrats accused the Republicans of blocking the legislation even though they didn't have enough votes to do so. They even locked Republicans out of meetings. This is only an example. Republicans do the same thing when they have the majority. "One can see it in sports, business and government. Never settle, never compromise, never give up. I am right and everybody else is wrong and by god I am going to get my way." This is a very interesting point, and it does go on. You should have added 'and cheat if necessary' right after 'never give up'. However, I'll disagree to some extent. There has been a big push over the last two decades, particularly in lower level sports, to not stress winning. The "everyone is a winner" is everywhere. This maybe leading to lack of compromise as well. Why should I compromise when I am just as much a winner as the person who actually did win? J - Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it - Mark Twain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322820 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
