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Originally Posted by gmw
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As I seem to have entrenched myself in the position of the devil's advocate, I guess the easy response to this would be: Why should you or I care about some dumb old rule? Tacking a metallic color to the front of the word "Rule" doesn't mean all that much to me, even if it sounds nice and even if lots of other people throughout history have generally agreed with the sentiment. I have weighed the costs to my popularity at parties, how I'll no doubt be affected by the perception that I am somehow unethical. (Whatever that means.) But I simply do not care. Pound your pulpit all you like, but you have no grounds to insist that I live by your cute little rules.
And as DiapDealer noted, the Golden Rule doesn't seem to be all that popular these days, anyway. It seems instead that we all live by: Do unto others in a way that is most convenient, pleasurable and entertaining to you, without being overly expensive. Let's call that the "Iron Rule."