Society rules..apply/not apply to you?

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i'm a mixture of all of the above, i think. i'm afraid i DO see myself as outside the rules, sometimes, but i follow them when it suits my purpose - if i need to interact, then i do those rules, etc. have to, to earn a living. doesn't mean i don't think they're daft, sometimes, though.

Rule don't apply to me, unless they serve my purpose.

GA

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ok, just kidding. Like neanthumain, I don't recite the pledge, although I do aknowledge the flag for similar reasons.

I attempt to make small talk, but I normally run out of stuff to say preeettty fast.

I'm not actually sure how many other rules I infringe on or violate. Most of the time I am considered to be polite, so I don't worry to much about it.

Either I missed the point of this post, or everyone else did. I define "rules" as "laws." And I feel very strongly that many laws should not apply to me.

Best example: anti-pot laws. I just use pot to relax, it doesn't get me very high anymore, and I'm certainly not a menace to anyone, including myself. To prosecute me for using it would be a cruel travesty of justice.

Another example: OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration). They can come into our plant and tell me how I must do my job to be safe. Since I have never, in 41 years of working, had an accident, made a claim for Workmen's Comp, or collected one dime from them, it is obvious that I don't need OSHA's help to work safely.

In general, so many laws are made to control those too stupid to control themselves. I don't need those laws, and I consider attempts to apply them to me to be unfair, illogical, and stupid.

I pretty much do whatever I want. I decide how I want to live my life, nobody else does. There are enough people that blindly follow social rules that society can still function even if a lucky few choose to step aside. I actually act pretty ethically even though I beleive that morality is at least partially fabricated, in the minds of most people. I sort of see morality as something that is naturally programmed to develop in people. Any herd animal would need that to survive. Morality is different everywhere you go. I mean it seems like there has been at least some cultures in which things like cannibalism are a-ok. In fact there are many examples of other cultures that have practices that would be considered wrong in our/your culture, that are considered fine in others. MOrality isn't some sort of concrete universal principal ordained by god. The only reason we naturally learn to sort of "fill-in" what we think is right and wrong about life is so that whatever group of people we are a part of can function without people robbing and killing other members of the same species. So when I make my own set of rules I make sure that I make the point that I should not do things that harm others, thats the only real rule I will follow, but sometimes I do it too closely and others times not close enough Yes, I feel above the rules.