I meant that's how it sounds to me. Because, in general, any conservatism, healthy or unhealthy, is associated with stagnation and death based on my personal life experience.
And yes. With that phrase, I hoped to encourage those involved in Heroes, to shake up the healthy conservatism in the desired direction.
As an example of application - removing necromancy is unacceptable, but adjusting its numbers is acceptable. Removing vampire lords is unacceptable, but banning Galtran is acceptable.