Rules are made to be changed

Contributor: Vox

Date: 2003-05-02 01:31:53

Rules only work when their conditions of application remain valid and constant. They are made to guide us, not to constrain us.

Scientists know that theories and even the laws of nature should be open to constant challenge. Is human nature really more predictable than the "natural sciences"?

IMO, rules sometimes encourage the lazy of mind and those who prefer not to see or touch the messy side of life. The specific "rule of law" you refer to had only been barely working for many years. It was tolerated arguably because to renounce it would have been more disruptive than to tolerate its shortfalls. September 11 finally broke it completely.

I think the best way to find our way through current global challenges is to think anew and to adapt - not to put on blinders and pretend the system is not broken. A weakness of democracies is their preference for comfort. We have a tendency to anesthetize ourselves from all tribulations of life.

Focus on the issues not on the false sense of security from a pretentious set of rules.


Vox Canadiana