This thread reminds me of what I once heard from a bal darshen,
He said; There are 2 types of yiden, one type has 613 mitzvahs which he would do it to the best of his abilities to the utmost,
The 2nd type yid has 613 PROBLEMS which he has to deal with, so when anybody in general has a problem he would look for a solution to the problem,
So the 2nd type yid would always look for a solution [heter] to his problem...