Dumbass Sayings: ”Rules Were Made To Be Broken”

When you were in high school and some of your colleagues were smoking reefer in the girls bathroom you said “Hey that’s against the rules!” to which they replied “Rules were made to be broken…” Umm no. No they weren’t. If that were the case why even bother making rules to begin with? Clearly rules were made so people would abide by them and others would enforce them. If we wanted people to just keep on living like old west outlaws we wouldn't have conceived of and instituted the concept of rules. That's like saying “Floors weren't made to be walked on.” No, that's specifically what they were made for, actually! I think somewhere along the line someone heard the saying “Records were made to be broken” which is actually true and replaced the word “records” with “rules” because they both start with “r” and that person was a moron.

Some people say "Rules were meant to be broken" but then I get arrested. "Don't defecate in public" is a rule isn't it?

Dumbass Sayings: “Rules Are Made To Be Broken”

I think Moses was the first to say this.

When people break a rule and it turns out positive for everyone they usually say “Rules were made to be broken”, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Rules are specifically made NOT to be broken. That’s why they’re rules. That’s why they’re made. People saw folks doing things wrong and made rules against that so they would stop. I think people confuse this with the saying “Records are made to be broken” which actually makes a little more sense. Records are set and then broken and hopefully people continue to break them to advance the achievement of the human species. However, RULES are not the same thing. For example, there’s a rule against rape. You shouldn’t rape people. As far as I’m concerned you should not break that rule. There’s a rule against kidnapping and murdering people. Again, another rule that you should never break. That’s two right there. So to make this general statement that “Rules are meant to be broken” is horribly irresponsible and flat out wrong.