Why are you going on about "rules" as though that's what this discussion is about?
I believe it was you who said "do I have some special right to bend the rules that apply to everyone else". Well apparently it's OK to bend rules that you feel it's OK to bend, but it's not OK for anyone else to bend rules that you don't think it's OK to bend! If you can't see the inherent logical contradiction in that position, then I give up.