We read in Holy Scripture: "For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you" (Matthew 7:2). This statement is something that all should take to heart, for in America, there is a strong tendency for some to believe that they are for whatever reason, above the law, or that rules and regulations that should be equally applied to all, doesn't really apply to them, or that shortcuts of various guises, are legitimate in all of their myriad forms, but all of these are both short-sighted as well as selfish in concept and execution.
For it is wise to remember, that the eternal hand of justice is always fair, and no matter how fallible man tries to deceive others, he cannot fool his God. Of course, the most fundamental deception is the deception of oneself, which is done by believing that things that you do are fine, because it is you that is doing them and you basically mean right, even when your actions are both self-serving and foundationally wrong. In fairness, though, it is extremely difficult to step outside one's own persona, and actually perceive yourself for what you really are, so you would think that in recognition of this, more people would be more humble, and more willing to admit at least the possibility of their fallibility, along with being more understanding that other people may indeed have perceptions about yourself that do have validity.
Further to the point, the empathy that one person should have for another is often lacking, if even considered to begin with, so too, it's well nigh impossible to walk in another person's shoes, so that appropriate consideration of other people's beliefs, which allows a dialog to happen is far more conducive to mutually beneficial interaction than didactic actions by either party, even when the answer seems rather straightforward or obvious.
For instance, most people have lived long enough to change their minds about some things that are of high import to them, because they have developed both experience and wisdom over the years, and are therefore able to see the error of their ways, but, most of the time, they do not come to such a conclusion through repeated browbeating by another person, but instead are often better aided by those that point them in the right direction so that they often on their own, they are able to perceive what has always been there.
The very things that we want from others in regards to how we desire to be treated and how we desire to be perceived, should be the way that we go about our business with others, so that a world in which we receive like for like, will indeed be a world that we find much joy in, for the change that we wish to see in others, must first be well represented in ourselves. Not only must we believe in this change, we must live daily to this change, for the fairness that we so desire, must be the fairness that we display in all of our interactions, and measure for measure is a universal law that all are subject to, and therefore all should take good measure of.