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Originally Posted by Pip
... reasonably intelligent people to make life run as smooth and fair and predictable as possible.
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Life, by definition, is not fair. Life running predictably and smooth is incredibly boring and not really worth living.
Rules are created by someone in power who wanted to set up a stipulation or a pattern of action that
he wanted to see. All rules have only the motivation of the rule-creator in mind. Those who do not approve of the power, or wish to usurp the power and take control themselves, will break the subsequent rule as a way of showing "Hey - I'm more important than you".
The ironic thing here is the outside view. For example, there is a road in a neighboring town that is blocked off for construction. While I was out that day, and seeing a large amount of cars driving down the "Local traffic only" road, I thought to myself "What assholes...". However, later in the night, inconvienced by not being able to get where I wanted to quickly, I, too, travelled down said road. "This is stupid - damn construction".
My point is that the rules are in the eye of the rule-breaker. They may feel that they have a legitimate reason for breaking the rule. I'd wager that anyone who has ever broken a law felt that, even though it was wrong, that the law was not acceptable in that certain situation or that they were above the law.