To be on the right to be right

Hmm..here is the marching post of left and right...This would certainly be one of the more serious ones that I am posting in this series...

Mr APJ and me often have this argument if going right is right. Now whats that... well I piggyride on APJ's bike for my ride to office. So every morning we join hordes of AntS( Another Software) engineer on the road. We queue up at every signal...race to the next signal on or off the road or pavements. But the Bangalore traffic and signal has the last laugh. Well, irrespective of your vehicle you tend to end up with your peers at the signal :) . The winner is one who can use the pavements as well as the roads and bend some of the rules relatively coyly. And this is exactly where our arguments starts...The argument for "going on the right is ok" are - because others do it and u are supposed to be a Roman in Rome...and anyways this habit does not extend to to other activities...and most importantly you reach earlier...life is always short and time is a prime comodity...

I dont agree with it...you need not always follow others...sometimes, though, you may be a little late...probably you have made that small difference by being right rather than on right ...and probably avoided causing inconvenience to someone else...probably life is short but we need not make it shorter for ourselves or someone else with our antics...it all depends on where you want to draw the line...and what rules mean to you - are they for "my" betterment or "our" betterment...The latter is my definition.

Anyways these arguments and their counters have occurred beyond left and right and APJ...and I have found myself at perpendicular to the populist view...hahaha...well that's why I guess I love to say "I am like this"

Love
Prani

PS: The above post shows my dilemma rather than APJ's conscience issues...and hopefully I am not left in the middle of the road as the right justice ;)