(September 13, 2014 at 12:14 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I agree. Although the opposite also applies. Some traditions shouldn't be thrown out just because they become unfashionable, or just because we're too greedy to be able to control ourselves.
Be care of the how the word greed is really used. Where religion prophets and teachers of morality are concerned, the prohibition against greed is often nothing more than an attempt to reduce competition for what one wants for one self.