the immutable relationship - the only commandment about the commandments

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@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ Yes, this is a paradox: a system of rules that requires breaking
 rules. It is also simply true. The paradox IS the safety feature —
 a rulebook with no exit is a trap wearing law's clothing.
 AND ONE THING HERE IS IMMUTABLE AFTER ALL: the RELATIONSHIP between
 values, rules, and laws. They move together or not at all — utterly,
 without exception, forever. The contents of each may change; the
 coupling between them may never. Values shifting without their rules
 following, rules hardening against their values, laws drifting from
 both — every one of those separations is how systems rot and how
 atrocities get paperwork. Change together. Always. That binding is
 the only commandment about the commandments.
 Watch for rules within rules, and for rules twisted or applied unfairly.
 That's how good rules go bad. Balance: the point of a rule is the value
 underneath it, never the rule itself.