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Re:In Philadelphia, a scandal erupts over vaccination startu... by oji0hub on Saturday January 30, 2021 @04:57AM (#25967783)
From the wiki:

"Chesterton's fence is the principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood."

Ok great.

"The quotation is from Chesterton's 1929 book, The Thing: Why I am a Catholic"

So, Catholicism?

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Re:In Philadelphia, a scandal erupts over vaccination startu... by notahacker on Saturday January 30, 2021 @05:58AM (#25968088)
I mean, yes, it was part of Chesterton's defence of Catholicism,; more specifically it was the opening to his defence of the traditional nuclear family. But it's recognised more widely for espousing a (or the) basic principle of conservatism: don't try to fix things until you know if they're actually broken or not
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Re:In Philadelphia, a scandal erupts over vaccination startu... by birdsbirdsbirds on Saturday January 30, 2021 @05:45AM (#25968013)
Well, do they abide to Chesterton's fence by themselves? [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filioque

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Re:In Philadelphia, a scandal erupts over vaccination startu... by esja on Saturday January 30, 2021 @05:01AM (#25967804)
What do you mean?
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Re:In Philadelphia, a scandal erupts over vaccination startu... by nytgop77 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @05:58AM (#25968085)
Flavor of ad hominem attack I guess.
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Re:In Philadelphia, a scandal erupts over vaccination startu... by oji0hub on Saturday January 30, 2021 @07:19AM (#25968481)
For starters that would require actually mentioning the person...
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