The thing is that the more people there are, then the larger number of them who impact others. Is it OK to drive an unmuffled Harley down the street at 6:00AM? Is it OK to loudly comment on someone who isn’t talking to you to speak English because they’re in America (that’s happened to me). Is it OK to want to legislate so that you, personally, are always comfortable, even if it means that plenty of other people have to modify their behavior (like, for instance, sodomy laws between consenting adults)? Is it OK to say that since your religion forbids certain behaviors, others must also abstain?
I don’t think so, personally. I think that consideration is a two-way street, and that I should always think I’m giving more, because kind of like in marriage, if each person thinks they’re giving more than 50%, then most of the stuff is getting done.
Wendy P.