The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Imperfect, arbitrary, necessary...
I fondly remember when being naughty was as simple as saying a dirty word, tearing the page of a library book, riding my bike across a lawn. As I grew in size, so too did the rule book, along with my transgressions. Now it seems we all use the rules as a bludgeon only for others, and that we rarely consider when the rules no longer apply. Whenever I am in doubt, I invoke the Golden Rule.
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