By Al Freeman The NAP comes with a false assumption of reciprocity, and its adhe

By Al Freeman

The NAP comes with a false assumption of reciprocity, and its adherents are feverish to the point of cultism.

It is like a grown up version of the child’s “golden rule”, and like that child’s version, will get you in trouble fast.

The rule can never be: “Do unto others as you would have them do to you.”

It has to be: “Do unto others as they have agreed to do to you, and in the absence of an agreement, all bets are off.”

Or in the words of the great General Mattis: “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.”