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Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350
Well, if look at it from the "this has been happening for years" perspective, that of a pessimist, then yes, it is the wrong choice of words. But a more optimistic person could say "at least they are doing something now instead of trying to fix it during the 2013 season", in which case it would seem like a perfectly appropriate word choice. Some one who falls somewhere in between the two groups might say that it is "ironic" for an optimist to say that they are being proactive even though this has been going on for years.
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I am going to use your "optimistic" definition of "proactive" next time my wife's car breaks down and she asks me why I didn't do anything about that noise she'd been complaining about for 8 weeks.