Golden Rule???? The first transgression one accuses another of is that same transgression one will commit. It seems that the innocent will view the criminal of making against them what they would do personally. This is a reversal or revision of the Golden Rule. The new version is: "Accuse of others what you would do to them." On major crimes, you and I cannot quite understand and are horrified by a charge of... Murder, because you just could not do it. Bank robbery, because you would not do it. Child molestation, because this is abhorrent. Stock price manipulation, because it is wrong. This is what makes these charges so interesting, so sensational, and so downright riveting on news broadcasts. But there are minor crimes you could do and see as possible, partly because you, yourself, could commit them. Crimes of rumor, gossip, and innuendo are a part of these. On personal note....
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