One may be, and usually is, committed in many different ways to many different kinds of thing: people, institutions, traditions, causes, ideals, principles, projects, and so on.
Western shamanism is often taught as a self-improvement technique, while many older traditions cause harm to the shaman, include "evil" or "grey area" practices, or focus on helping the community.[8][9].
For instance, chronological ordering of a Native American speech might start with Native American hunting traditions prior to the arrival of Europeans, the changes to Native American hunting traditions caused by American history, then conclude with the modern state of Native American hunting.
Neither Flake's warning nor a speech that he gave on the Senate floor pointing out that Moore, who talks a good deal about religious freedom, was trampling on that tradition caused anyone in the Republican leadership to budge.
But the force of tradition caused the crime of embezzlement to be regarded as so far distinct from larceny that to this day, in some jurisdictions at least, a slip corner is kept open for thieves to contend, if indicted for larceny, that they should have been indicted for embezzlement, and if indicted for embezzlement, that they should have been indicted for larceny, and to escape on that ground.
In a Confucianism-based society, the homogeneity of society is an important aspect of the tradition".Cultural China" focuses on different expressions of this tradition caused by differences in local social structures.
One is in astronomy, where there is a longstanding tradition (caused in part by scarce, and thus shared, physical resources like radio telescopes) of sharing open data, as well as an evolved, open source infrastructure for virtual collaboration (Endnote 8).
The new breach in royal tradition caused surprise, especially in Germany, and Queen Victoria wrote to the Queen of Prussia that princes of small impoverished German houses were "very unpopular" in Britain and that Lord Lorne, a "person of distinction at home" with "an independent fortune" was "really no lower in rank than minor German Royalty".
From the Chartists to the anti-poll tax movement, there is a long tradition of causes facing apparently insurmountable odds, but being vindicated in time.
The recognition of the importance of technological education, however, has never been complete in Western civilization, and the continued coexistence of other traditions has caused problems of assimilation and adjustment.
College Republicans, Once 'the Best Party on Campus,' Endure Taunts Over Trump By JASON HOROWITZ Sep. 25, 2016 Their party's nominee has attacked conservative heroes and traditions and caused dissension, doubt and widespread mockery from liberal classmates.
