ABSOLUTELY

The exception does not prove the rule...it is a door opener that destroys, decimates, ravages, evaporates, dematerializes, the rule out of existence.

Why?

1. Because the exception implies the rule is not absolutely true
2. Because "what does the exception really mean"...eg, "You don't have to tell the truth if it will hurt someone unnecessarily"..."hurt", "unnecessarily"? WHO DECIDES WHAT THEY MEAN? THE LIAR?
3. Because the exception implies the original rule has no firm basis in reality.
4. Because the exception, even if specific and well-defined, implies one doesn't really have to follow the rule, there is no punishment for violating it.

Exceptions are destroying morality, destroying our wonderfully-crafted political system:

"We are all equal except for the disadvantaged, the rich, the poor, the handicapped, the homeless, the needy, the have nots"

"You are free to do as you wish unless society believes it is in its interest that you are not free to do THAT...marry whom you choose, smoke what you will, not have health insurance if you don't wish to, etc.

"Immigrants have to enter the country legally and pass certain health and security checks, unless they are Spanish or Latinos or drug dealers or violent criminals or terrorists"

"You cannot lawfully initiate violence against anyone, except if it is your infant or minor child"

Proper rules are right because they are based on objective facts of reality, and objective facts of reality do not change color at will. Facts are facts, they are what they are notwithstanding the anyone's subjective whim or fancy. A is A. If you think the rule has an exception, redefine the rule with greater specificity.

We are equal under our law , not sometimes, now and then, only if...but always.

We are free, not just when others approve of what we do with our freedom...but always.

We have no unchosen duties to others...none.

I have a right to live for my own sake and not for the sake of my neighbors, society, future unborn generations, the world...but for I, me, myself, numero uno, my spirit, my soul.

Absolute, and absolutely simple.