Good Thing Discussion

c.f. 1066 And All That (Sellars and Yeatman), which used the capitalized phrase 'A Good Thing' to describe historical events which are universally accepted in schoolbook history as having a net positive effect. So, for example, the signing of the Magna Carta was A Good Thing.

Unless you were the King. Then you would think the Magna Carta and its resulting loss of power and position was a BadThing.

No, it was "universally accepted" as a GoodThing. That for one not concerned with the well-being of that "universe of acceptance" it was not preservation of the way things were, does not therefore make it a BadThing. "Universally accepted", however, should not be inferred from that a GoodThing is "popular", for there are times, populations, and places where GoodThings are not popular and BadThings are popular.

On Things

The RightThing may seem like a GoodThing to some but a BadThing to others. I believe that to Do Some Thing about a problem is a BetterThing than to Do No Thing. -- DonaldNoyes

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