But the Golden Rule is not binding in any sense. It has never been the socially practiced default. It's alright to personally adhere to its concept (and wish others did too), but you don't really have any standing to expect everyone else to do the same. Certainly not in the gap where it ends and laws begin, anyway. It's a utopian dream. Everyone violates it in one way or another. Why pretend to know when it's OK, or not OK to ignore it?
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