It is amazing to me how quickly a parking lot goes to pot (or looks like the drivers were on pot) when snow covers the lines. Customers who have been using the same lot for years will suddenly forget if the parking is straight in or diagonal. Not only do orderly rows become car cacophony, but the carcophony holds fewer cars. The lines do not confine the cars, they confine the chaos.
If a parking lot is a microcosm of our culture, why are we trying so hard to erase the lines? Many today want to blur the lines between right and wrong yet those are the guidelines that keep our society orderly, efficient and safe. If we cannot handle something as simple as parking without guidelines, perhaps we shouldn't remove them from language, sex and violence. "No rules, just right" makes both the enlightened and criminals feel better about themselves, but it only works for people living in the outback--alone. Besides, there is not enough snow to cover the lines the conscience draws. I could expand upon this premise, but you are probably smart enough to read between the lines.
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