One of the characteristics of the fool is his inability to comprehend the idea of boundaries.  He has failed to learn what rules of conduct can, and cannot, be broken.  He flaunts his whims and desires without any care as to their consequences; he rates his own judgment above that of all others, and scorns the normative guidelines of social interaction.  He believes that what he wishes to be done, in fact ought to be done, and reverse-engineers whatever rationalizations are needed to vindicate his behavior.

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