[Randallw]

Police have power. It is considered a good idea to obey them.

I speak of a philosophy of obeying authority for good or bad. Mistakes may occurr, especially as we are forced to trust people (a group I do not generally trust) but I believe in the long run less mistakes are made by obeying those who know better than arbitrarily delegating power by other means. Some people could advocate other philosophies also subject to good or bad. People advocate democracy, yet when the party they oppose is elected do they then oppose democracy because the result is a leadership they consider bad? In my opinion, the usual result is that they somehow attribute guilt to the people they disagree with, instead of considering that perhaps, because they are not in the majority, they might be the ones who are wrong. I mention this system because it is based on the idea that the majority know best. Not something I agree with.

Children are taught to obey their parents, because children can not be expected to fully understand the results of their actions. I merely push this to the logical limit. Some adults also need guidance otherwise they will make mistakes.

I find a system of strict rules to be safer than another system which allows modification based on the desires of people. People are generally ruled by their desires. They elect what they covet, not what they need.

PS. I have given some more consideration to the issue and come to the conclusion that the problem with the problem, if you will, is that any opinion is guided by one's ability to apply to the subject a value of trust ie. does the solver have trust in the subjects or not. One of the symptoms of my various ailments is an inability to empathise with others, the result of which is I don't intrinsically trust other people. I am incapable of believing that given a choice people will follow the best path but are instead predisposed to instead take the simplist path that "gains" them more. Thus I believe people must be guided. Even if I don't feel the same way, I can understand a person might have a differing opinion should they be able to consider that people can be trusted to make the right decision themselves.