Submitted by brian on April 26, 2009 - 7:23pm.
Every privilege is connected to, and balanced by, a responsibility. And each responsibility claims the benefit of a matching privilege. Responsibilty without benefit becomes legalism, bondage to the static black-and-white of rule-keeping. Benefit without the tethering force of responsibility and accountability becomes license, a bondage to the stormy winds of one's own whims.