New Ideas?

Recently I have read and seen a couple of "new" ideas that are being past around the internet. But are they new? Not really! They are just extensions of stuff from the past.

A German parliamentarian has tried to introduce a bill that marriages should be 7 yrs in length and then renewable. If both parties agree. A cute proposal but it is not new! About 20 years ago, in Maryland I believe there was a proposal that marriages should be renewed after one year or they could walk away without a costly court battle, as long as no children were involved. So the German is just taking an already offered proposal and tweeking it.

Now, there is this shrink who has written a book about letting your children drink wine or beer at meals and it will stop the need for binge drinking in life. To begin with I agree with him. About 25 yrs ago, I let my daughter have a small glass of wine with her meals and I had no problem with her being a lush when she got into college. I was not original, I saw it in Europe when I lived in Spain and saw very few drunks running around and thought it might be the reason was that they were allowed to drink at meals.

These ideas are not new, maybe if you are a youngster they are, but to me, I have seen it before. The shrink needs to give props to others, like Europeans for his "idea".