Comments on: This is Interesting – The Overton Window http://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/this-is-interesting-the-overton-window/ Observations from a conservative in a blue state. With a little help from my friends! Sat, 26 May 2012 18:13:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: michiganhttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/this-is-interesting-the-overton-window/comment-page-1/#comment-13176 michigan Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:40:47 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=13056#comment-13176 I saw the show as well and I’ve called it creepage or incrementalism and it has really moved the window in our culture from 30 to 40 years ago. This either stems from just plain laziness for some issues; to complete disregard of core principals to get your way at any cost and justify it. The left are masters of this by saying “it doesn’t matter”, or “for this time only”. Try raising kids like that and see what happens, or just look around most college campuses. I saw the show as well and I’ve called it creepage or incrementalism and it has really moved the window in our culture from 30 to 40 years ago. This either stems from just plain laziness for some issues; to complete disregard of core principals to get your way at any cost and justify it. The left are masters of this by saying “it doesn’t matter”, or “for this time only”. Try raising kids like that and see what happens, or just look around most college campuses.

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]]> By: Larry Sheldonhttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/this-is-interesting-the-overton-window/comment-page-1/#comment-13173 Larry Sheldon Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:44:47 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=13056#comment-13173 I din't know it had a name. But I wrote (in internal company documents) 30 years ago about the problem. The way I described it was that we needed an absolute end date for the project, beyond which we would not be funded for anymore changes. The problem was the client would ask for huge changes to the design and we would "compromise" by giving them some percentage of their demands. Then they would immediately file a new change request for what ever had been denied in the compromise, plus some more stuff they had been saving. Rinse. Lather. Repeat. I din’t know it had a name.

But I wrote (in internal company documents) 30 years ago about the problem.

The way I described it was that we needed an absolute end date for the project, beyond which we would not be funded for anymore changes. The problem was the client would ask for huge changes to the design and we would “compromise” by giving them some percentage of their demands.

Then they would immediately file a new change request for what ever had been denied in the compromise, plus some more stuff they had been saving.

Rinse.

Lather.

Repeat.

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