Rodney Barron

All through life, in everything we experience we are told the "RULES" of how the game is played. My 15 year old daughter sometimes rebels at have rules and states that she can't wait to be old enough to not have any rules. I am now 50years old and I have still not reachd a point in my life where I am exempt from rules,....  and I think I could live another 50 years and still not reach that particular Nirvana.

It takes a lot of grit to enter any game and I admire all those who faithfully consider the "rules". Life is not static and the pace of change is much more severe than it was even a few short decades ago. It is nice to know that we can still apply our knowledge and wisdom to anticipate the rule changes and not get left too far back in the pack. The fortunate folks have a social network that encompasses many generations and we can stay on top of mos rule changes by just observing and talking with our social network.

My question is this. If we will and probably should always have rules, Who writes the rulebook and where can I get one? Also I would like to know if my subscription to upgrades and additions to this book is renewable. You see I don't alwys play by the rules and this sometimes gets me into trouble. I don't want t break the rules. I don't cheat on purpose! I am Canadian after all. I just don't always know when rules change or become obsolete.

An expample of this is parenting. I can't think of too many more extreme, rapid rule changes happening anywhere else. Leaving us dazed and confused as to the right way to parent your/our children. Taxation and politics run a very close second to rapid rule alternatives though.

Thirty years ago when I was a rookie in the parenting game I thought I knew the rules and I played the game according to what I knew. If my kids played by he same rules now I think they would be unpopular at best or reviled and ostrasized by their peers at worst. They have to be covert in using some of the old outdated rules so that they don't get caught and this makes them "rulebreakers". I don't think it is because the way we parented back then was wrong as I am told that new parents now just have better and more reliable infomation available, (ugrades to the rulebook), than we had then. This is thanks to our corporate surrogates, Google and Wikipedia of course. 

I recently saw a skit where John Cleese was explaining the rules for Football or Soccer if you happen to be North American. The more he discussed the offside rule, the more confusing it became. When he was finished his explanation he simply stated that the offending player is deemed to be offside when the linesman or referree raises his yelow flag to call a penalty. It was a very funny skit and it provoked in me the thought that we need someone to tell us when the rules are broken simply becaul]se the rules can become very convoluted and confusing.