Everyone does it, so why can’t I? I remember asking my mother this very same question when I was in elementary school. “Just because everyone is doing it doesn’t mean it’s right,” was often the reply. After awhile I understood this idea.

Did John Fallon’s mother always let him do everything the neighbor’s kids were doing? After reading the March 26th issue of The Northern Star, I’m led to believe this.

Last year it seemed like a lot of people were sticking drill bits down their pants at the local Farm & Fleet, but that doesn’t make it right! Stealing is illegal. Laws are made to protect our society. If everyone is allowed to live only by the laws they see fit, we would have utter chaos.

Driving on the right side of the road and observing stop signs and speed limits are examples of ways we try to preserve order and safety. The drinking age is another example. Lawmakers felt it necessary to establish a drinking age of 21.

No one has the right to pick and choose which laws to obey. You would think that someone who is running for a position in the Student Association, especially for president, would understand this concept. How would Mr. Fallon feel IF he were to become SA president and no one felt it necessary to comply with the rules and regulations that he helped to establish because they didn’t feel that these things applied to them?

There are reasons behind every law. We must follow the laws no matter who we are or who we THINK we are.

Maureen K. Butler

Junior

Elementary Education