I am always annoyed when people diss certain solutions to problems as 'sticking plaster' - because while there are some situations in which sticking plaster may b e inappropriate, in many others it will actually stop problems getting worse at least, and may even contribute to healing.
And wittering about 'root causes', when these may be huge inchoate social factors, and when you can do something useful to alleviate the condition in an individuals - as in, okay, you do something to eradicate the rats and their fleas, but you also treat the individuals who actually already have bubonic plague - bah, and ugh, and general codslappiness.
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Date: 2008-07-30 07:53 pm (UTC)And wittering about 'root causes', when these may be huge inchoate social factors, and when you can do something useful to alleviate the condition in an individuals - as in, okay, you do something to eradicate the rats and their fleas, but you also treat the individuals who actually already have bubonic plague - bah, and ugh, and general codslappiness.