you'we got it completely backwards. it wasn't change that scared them - it was the consequences of doing stuff wrong during the war. when you experiment with how you arrange furniture in your room it's one thing - when you do that with military equipment it's another one completely. regardless of how cool you think you are, you ought to follow procedures to the letter in army, and for a good reason - you never know which fuckup will spell disaster in there.JohnG@lt wrote:
When I was in the army, the most irritating experiences I had were when I questioned why we were doing what we were doing. Whether it was a certain way of changing a tire, or how to set up a tent, or whatever the case was, if I asked why it was done a certain way, the inevitable answer was always "because that's how it's always been done". No, it wasn't always done that way. That process originated from somewhere, God didn't come down and write the fucking manual. They didn't want to hear new ideas about how things could be improved. Change scared them. New thoughts scared them because they felt inadequate and undermined. Stupid people are scared of new ideas.
if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.
