Traditional Values: Good or Bad?

[Redalgo]

They are neither good nor bad - though in practice I refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of or adhere to several traditions. I shift the burden for providing evidence to society to explain why my doing (or not doing) something is proper, righteous, or otherwise necessary. I generally do whatever I want however I please unless pressured or coerced to do something I am not both fully prepared and willing to squabble over and risk getting punished for. Mind you, it is not that I disrespect tradition itself so much as I want the traditions of society to better conform to my values rather than the other way around. In lieu of that, I think it better for everyone to question all authority figures within, and institutions of, their cultures than for folks to blindly embrace the ways and norms of the past.