[Starboy]

Quote by: Logjam We need order to run an effective society. Order comes from following the rules.....and by the way. Using your logic, a stock broker could break the rules to make more money for his clients......thus we have ENRON.

I take a more scientific approach to the problem. There has been much study in the area of social cooperation from bacterial films to herds and social groups of animals. The current thinking is based on the discovery that social groups will always have a tension between cooperators and cheaters. A cooperator is an animal or individual that works for the social welfare of everyone and a defector is someone that behaves in a way that is of most benefit to themselves with no regard to impact on the rest of the group.

Here is an interesting article on the subject that you may find very interesting:

The Economics of Fair Play

Sometimes the law is an ass in that it would prevent a person from doing something that would have greater good for the group than for him self. It is not as if powerful greedy people have not had an effect on the laws to twist them to their benefit and to screw everyone else.

Lastly you are "allowing people to break anything". You are saying that if you deem it correct that you are justified in breaking the rules......It does depend upon the circumstances; but, in general rule breaking should be held at the bare minimum.

I am not advocating that anyone break the rules. I am just stating a reality of life. All I can say is if you don’t understand it then you have not lived enough.

Starboy