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<p>Breaking the rules has been around forever. However, “you rate what you skate” is new. “Rating” breaking the rules based on one’s own decision somehow, to me, reeks of unwarranted arrogance. In no way, shape, or form, should one develop the attitude that they ‘rate’ breaking the rules.</p>
<p>My question is would a midshipman who was caught violating a rule with this attitude accept punishment graciously? If so, he probably did not really believe that he rated it. If not, he is setting a bad example for the more junior midshipmen.</p>