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Message:: [QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7837370, member: 86498"]Denarius of Julius Caesar January-February 44 BC Rome Obv. Head of Julius Caesar right laureate. Rv. Venus standing left Crawfrd 480/4 CRI 102 4.34 mm 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1347601[/ATTACH]The question posed by [USER=112342]@JayAg47[/USER] is a thought provoking one. However before trying to answer that question directly I will attempt to illustrate my point with an event that was much more recent. Back in July 1980 I joined Canada Post as a letter carrier. At the time the union that  represented me was LCUC. In the summer of 1981 our sister union CUPW went on strike. The principle bone of contention was paid maternity leave for women. I was told at the time  that our then Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau (Liberal Party) had signed an international agreement that supported this initiative. I cannot verify this. The negative press that we got was quite overwhelming even from the CBC and the strike lasted for 42 very acrimonious days. We got very little support. The funny thing was that after CUPW won this fight paid maternity leave for women spread very rapidly and with very little fuss. Now it is taken for granted. So what is my point? Once something that is controversial is done; if it is seen as causing no major disaster it will become readily acceptable and even thought to be the normal state of affairs.[/QUOTE]