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Man, I used to love this show. This particular clip is interesting, especially to us Aggies who love tradition so much. This man is refusing to let the female water bender learn how to hone her water bending skills to learn how to fight because it is against their tribes traditions. This is very similar, again, to the gay marriage debate. Many say marriage is between a man and a woman, a tradition that has been around for 100's of years. But just because that is what the definition has been doesn't mean it is right and should continue. This is the same hardship that this female water bender is experiencing. The older male states that she should only be allowed to heal other and train her water bending in this way because it is the way it has been done. Now think of Aggieland, everything we do is rooted in tradition. We do it because it has been done for so long. We often make the joke that if it's done twice, it is a tradition. However, we can learn that just because that is how it's been done doesn't mean we should continue that. Times change and what was once okay to do may not be now, that's how you can get in trouble with appeal to tradition.