That's scary stuff dude. I definitely don't miss the attitude drivers back in the states or the wannabe gangsters (or real ones.) It has been ages since I saw any sort of blatant disregard for road safety and nobody has boomin car stereos here. I think they must be banned because literally no one has a car stereo that is audible from outside the car.
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It's a frustrating feeling getting really pissed off at some little shit and wanting to cuss them out, but then having to stop short because you don't know if they are going to pull out a gun and shoot your family.
I wouldn't be surprised if loud stereos are banned their. I actually haven't noticed much of the loud stereo culture in other countries in general. I can't remember if they were doing it in England. If they were, it certainly isn't as much. We seem to have a strong culture in the US of not giving a damn about other people.
yet we also (well, I suppose you have, I haven't lived there in nearly 20 years) have a group of people online that pretend to care dramatically about everyone's feelings and well being but the reality is that this is just another excuse to treat people badly because they don't agree with you.
Wouldn't the world be a better place if people were just nice? and not because they have to be but for no reason at all?
The irony is that it has been proven over and over again that having compassion for others (or simply being kind) actually brings tremendous peace and contentment to the person that gives it. I think for the modern person that concept seems counter-intuitive, but the true practicing buddhists/non-dualists (Vedanta)/eastern philosophers have known this very well for a very long time.
You can see it all the time, and people are always surprised at how helping others makes them feel good. I was just watching an interview with Danny Trejo a couple of days ago. He was talking about how when he was young he was a bad dude, always getting into gang violence and landing in jail. Always angry and aggressive. One day someone asked for his help with something (can't remember what) and he noticed how good it made him felt when he did it. Then some 'good luck' came his way and he got a small movie role. After that, he started going out of his way to be nice and help people. His luck and happiness just kept rolling in. Now he loves doing charity and giving people hugs. lol!
I didn't know that about Danny. I knew he had been in jail and became a boxer in there but didn't realize his turnaround was so swift. He seems like he is a funny and genuinely kind person now, which is odd for someone that looks like he does, right?