The Manifesto of Bureaucratic Red Tape

Article 1: The Right to Suffer in Silence

		We, the undersigned, hereby declare that we will not be bothered to listen to your concerns.
		We will not be swayed by your pleas or your tears.
		We will not be moved by your well-reasoned arguments or your clever counter-proposals.
		Our minds are made up, and we will not be swayed.
	

Article 2: The Inalienable Right to Indifference

		We, the undersigned, declare that we have better things to do than listen to your problems.
		We will not be bothered with the minutiae of your complaints.
		We will not be swayed by your passionate outbursts or your heartfelt pleas.
		We will simply nod, and then go back to our tea and our sudoku puzzles.