I went for a walk in the graveyard this morning. At the entry there is a sign to say dog walking is prohibited – although you are allowed to take a dog with you if you are visiting a grave, but the dog must be kept on a lead. There was a woman walking two dogs when I got there – not on a lead. In fact the local authority have even installed dog waste bins because of the rule breaking.
It struck me that people like to decide which rules to follow.
I then decided to go look at my post from a year ago out of interest. Interesting how things go around. I made another bread based pizza this week. I got the amounts right this time. One of the things that struck me was that a year ago I was writing about the people that live their lives based on the “I want” principle. And there it is with the dog walking.
Maybe it is because of my time in Vienna that makes me more of a compliant type. Even when the roads had no traffic you didn’t cross until the pedestrian light went green.
But surely the rules are the things that make a society?