Remembrance Day seems to “work” quite well for those it was designed for, but it is (mostly) limited, at least in impact, to those actually in Israel.
I always thought the phrase “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’” originated with my childhood hero, Harry Truman. Surprise, surprise it turns out that this popular phrase – which has been discussed and argued about more than one might realize – is more recent. It is usually attributed to Bertram Lance, the director of the Office of Management and Budget in Jimmy Carter’s White House. He was quoted in The Nation’s Business, the newsletter of the US Chamber of Commerce in May 1977:
Lance believes he can save Uncle Sam billions if he can get the government to adopt a simple motto: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” He explains: “That’s the trouble with government: Fixing things that aren’t broken and not fixing things that are.”
The point is actually more powerful than I had realized. If something is working reasonably well, tinkering with it in order to “improve” it might actually make things worse – and will certainly take the focus away from the (more) important task of fixing things that actually are broken.