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From: dski@cameonet.cameo.com.tw
Subject: Re: "Iconoclast"
Date: 1996/06/23
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organization: Cameo Communications, Inc.
keywords: Iconoclast, tradition
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originator: dski@
summary: Iconoclast: an independent thinker


Joris Bellenger (svzanten@xs4all.nl) wrote, in part --

> Today an iconoclast is someone who doesn't care for traditions. Kinda
> rude egotist I'd say. What's glorifying in this I don't know.

"Iconoclast" is derived from a Greek expression meaning "smasher of
icons." An icon is an image or depiction of something else, and therefore
necessarily false, though whether that means it should be smashed is
another question.... In any event, an iconoclast is not necessarily one
who rejects tradition; it can be one who rejects newer objects of worship
-- anyone for whom "it's the trend" or "everyone does it" is not reason
enough to take a road that an inner voice says not to take....

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