I rarely break rules. I understand importance of rules, that are there to protect us and create a habitable environment for everyone. Most of rules an regulations, be it school, parliament, offices or on the roads are meant to create greatest good to greatest number of people. The last thing i would like to have is conflict with authorities because of breaking the rule. However, I have ever found myself in the wrong side of a law in a hotel i visited and trespassed into areas that were illegal. I hated the confrontation with the security personnel but i apologized. It was not intentional, only that i was not familiar with the rules.
If i happen to be in a new location, i will strive to learn my way around. The first thing i will seek to find is the written rules and regulation. I hate being in offences and in attracting attention. I hate it when i have to explain myself to authorities, i will avoid it at all cost, lest i waste precious time and resources trying to clear myself from guilt.
If a find myself in a new team or place, the first thing i do is find out about code of ethics, written and unwritten social norms.
The only time i can break the rule, is when showing mercy to somebody will be better than their destruction. Rules should not take away humanities from us. I had a case when a member of staff break rules that can cost their job, well, the rule says i should report, but after they are summoned and considered for sacking, their income will be lost, there will be children and wife that will suffer. Many people can suffer when we follow rules to the letter. Sometimes, use of rules and regulations causes more destruction than it does good. People have been sent behind bars for a mistake that did not do harm to anyone, but when you think about it, you will see that, there was no need to cause them suffer loss of time and anguish of spirit especially when they were remorseful. Rules and regulations can be cruel and can cause innocent people to go through untold sufferings. Rules are good, but should be applied with care lest we do more harm than good.
Human beings were supposed to be guided by human reasoning, love, compassion, care for one another so that in such things, no law or regulations should be needed, but because of human being being corrupted and hence becoming evil and wicked, rules and regulations has to be set to tame his corrupted nature.
Rules are good, but human reasoning , instinct and love should be used more, because rules are made by human, they should only guide but not rule them. Human reasoning is greater rules and rules should be applied when reasoning and instincts are dysfunctional.
In all applications of law, we should adopt the philosophy; “mercy surpasses Justice”
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