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Smaller statements of belief, and less important declarations of intent have been the catalyst for great changes in the past.
What may be seen as tilting at windmills by your critics may just as validly be perceived as holding onto the courage of one's convictions by others.
In the May 27, 1950 issue of JAMA, Morton Levin published the first major study definitively linking smoking to lung cancer-- a rather small step which has had profound effects on both the industry and our culture.
While small steps are quite often scoffed at, sneered at, dismissed and minimized by the self-proclaimed 'more clever than thou' crowd, the historical effects can be quite dramatic.
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