If precedent applied outside of courts, and Billy-Bob jumped off a bridge, you would.
Precedent is the common-law principle that the decisions of the same court or a superior court in direct line are binding on courts. It is completely different from copy-cat. Evidence of that can be found in the fact that countries that do not use the common law and therefore do not have the legal concept of precedent, such as most of the world, still have copy-cats.
You, on the other hand, resort to blindingly original insults like "two brain cells." Wow, you're my role model.