Originally posted by sh76We're a law unto ourselves.
Edit: * As a side note, I detest that expression ("shifting paradigm" ). First, it doesn't really mean anything. Second, the fact that you almost never hear the word "shift" (with that definition) used in another context ought to tell you something.
Re: edit: shifting priorities, shifting baselines, shifting standards....? A paradigm shift is surely a a change in basic assumptions, what's wrong with that?