Many civilisations had codes of communal living since the people were living in close proximity. The codes made it obvious that any citizen, truly imbued with his own humanity, could empathise with how his neighbour might feel in certain circumstances or situations; good or bad. There are times when sensitivity can become inhumane. For instance, a writer or athlete with certain poetic licence may communicate something and the audience my have two opinions on the issue. The audience may not realise how something obviously meant to encourage or support or achieve a common goal of enlightened communal humanity may be reduced to the negative. But, that was not the intention or else they would not have bothered to remind someone of the great virtues that lay within communal values. Feelings can focus on empathy or the focus on the sadistic. It is about maintaining community and as such codes and rules of communal living were written to keep everyone safe and to guide those handed the awesome and expensive task of ensuring that everyone is safe and secure in the market, in school, on the road walking home from the milk and bread shop and in their homes. Without such codes, it takes a lot of work to keep the citizens that support the said civilisation safe. There is also some need for enforcement or else civilisation reverts to the "Lord of the Flies" or "Lord Humongous." When that happens, the only right you need by the common sense given to every intuitive being is the right to self-protection, protection of one's children, parents and possessions. We may appreciate how people feel if they are treated with the underlying expectations of such codes; that they will be treated as we wish to be treated. We may appreciate how people feel when they are not treated in that fashion. Hence, the civil rights movements of the last century confirm that the obvious need for a successful and balanced society was abundant. Many will argue that the need has not diminished and new, less evident forms of fascism based on orientation or religion have created new imbalances. But, if you accept everyone as you wish to be accepted you won't notice these imbalances very often unless someone takes offence to the presence of a bible in your vehicle or maybe a cross. In any event, the lesson for some is that there are school attendees, whether or not they are graduates, who were raised believing that they must let the entire community become responsible for any perceived scuffs on their blue suede shoes. Nobody knows them really but they want you to know how they feel about everything and as such they are their own God as they try to be yours as well. But, no one can live forever in spite of the strength of their emotions, self-importance, the idolatry of their own opinions and feelings. Political correctness was about balance but it should have been an educative decision to know one's self and his neighbour, possibly the collective contributions of every culture and community to society but more importantly to respect one's humanity and that of his neighbour. You know how you might feel if someone shoots your dog in front of you. You know how you might feel and how they might feel if you shoot their dog in front of them. Hence, the codes of communal living help us to know how to treat others and what treatment we should reasonably expect from others. They may help us to respect our one living and breathing global habitiat; the earth as our home. Briefly put, such codes save time and money for those who keep us safe in the community. They have a tremendous job to do and that is why you can sleep in your bed at night without a 24 hour watch; for now anyway unless someone forgets to pay those hard working keepers of the peace accessible by a free three digit call in most countries these days; thank goodness! I would have said thank God or providence but everybody, regardless of faith, says that these days.
Nobody can reject you. God made you good. God made you good and you are accepted! Be genuine with the conscience He gives and acknowledge it when prompted. This is relationship. This is confession. This is the essence of your relationship with your creator.
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