RE: My First Politically Incorrect Thought

[doodlebear]

True. But that is something I wouldn't sanction. Something like that can be good socially, because it shows the limitations and weaknesses of the own system (plus the limits of your patience). At the end, when it's really that annoying, you can make it illegal and throw out the perpetrators. I still think that's enough. An example that annoys me a lot would be permanent honking in the traffic - as if that's of any use. But then again, I probably wouldn't make it illegal, but just less loud.

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[lifenbeauty]

The thing is - you can't make honking less loud without making loud honking illegal.

And with the billion annoying examples such as permanent honking in the traffic, yelling around the markets, backward social attitudes, low personal hygiene, and similar staff often (but not always) found in certain groups, you realize that you can't really make regulations on all that, and even if you did, the police officers would simply lack the time to control and sanction all of those widely spread minor "offenses".

Which leads us (or at least me) to a conclusion that immigration should be very selective in the first place, as it's almost impossible to throw out the annoying but not quite criminal people later.

[lifenbeauty]

Great points. I think that the reasons behind the bottom line problems you described are:

• The politicians don't care much about doing anything that is long-term (and social cohesion is something that requires a lot of time to create notable positive effects) as they are judged and (re)elected in short-term cycles.
• The people who have the money or public influence don't care about this much, as "it's not their problem" and they will get no money back from getting involved in it.

[lifenbeauty]

OK, this makes me feel depressed and helpless. :D