As I age (ungracefully) I increasingly find myself in the middle of conversations I cannot believe I am having.

As I browse this thread I see the same pathetic rationalizations for inaction that I saw 50, 40, 30 years ago.

Don't do anything because:
it is inconvenient
it is expensive
you'll get in trouble
we don't have all the facts
the situation is not bad
the situation is not that bad
outside agitators are the real problem
ad nauseum