Reply #13: All too often [View All]

we allow ourselves to get hemmed in by policies and procedures and never stop to ask, "what the hell is THIS for?"

It's like we're in a giant pinball game which bounces us from one "must do" to another. Laws, rules, regulations, policies, etc... And people are okay with it most of the time, even HERE, because, well, "you can always opt out."

Well, I'd LIKE to go to a mom and pop grocery store, but, hey! I don't know where to find one.

Humans love rules. As long as it doesn't discomfit them, they're fine with any old rule someone wants to lay down.

About half of DU are lefty libertarian types--anti authoritarian to a degree that stuff like this rubs us the wrong way. About half of DU seems to be lefty authoritarian types, who don't mind being hemmed in by rules as long as they LIKE the rules being established.

Flame wars? Par for the course.