Breaking Laws … and Proud of it!!!
I believe that we have all been there … when you are at a red light and all of a sudden, another car flies past you from the left just when the light becomes green … justification; he is a better driver and he is entitled to do that simply because his time is more valuable and precious than yours … so what if he scares you to death in the process?? Live with it and eat your heart out because he won the race to hell … 
How many times were you standing in line and someone just squeezes in front of you? how many times were you waiting for a parking spot to become available only to be shocked by another car filling it before you even get the chance to do anything? Why wouldn’t they stop at the red light when there is no one around? why do they have to break the law just because they can? and they get away with it? and no one is watching? and even when there is someone watching, they don’t do anything? Does this mean that we are giving them the green light to break all red lights????
We go around every day and see all these violations and they have become a part of our daily life. Like yesterday; I passed by a retail outlet on my way home to buy a few things and there was a car that was going around the parking lot, and the guy parked his car in the taxis area where there is a huge sign that says “For Pick up and Drop off ONLY” … and then five people get out of the car, men and women, and they head in the exit door direction, they wait there until someone comes near the door from the inside to exit and they push their way inside with the shopping cart and everything … and just as I was about to forget about the whole incident when I was walking through the aisles inside … all of a sudden; I smell cigarettes and I was thinking that it is a “No Smoking” zone inside the shop only to come face to face with the same guy proudly sniffing his cigarette and blowing the smoke here and there …
Now as much as this sounds like a normal scene in our daily life, what strikes me is that no one stops this kind of behavior. It is really good to have laws and regulations, but what is the point if we do not enforce them? What is the benefit if people keep breaking the laws and bragging about it? What is the guarantee that this person who is breaking these simple laws will not one day break bigger and more severe and dangerous ones?
The dangerous sign here is not the fact that we have people breaking these simple laws; what is more dangerous and more alarming is that we have come to accept this fact and live with it. It does not surprise us any more and that is the real problem!!
If we are not going to implement laws properly and correctly, and enforce them on everyone in the community, then we might as well not put them to begin with … at least those who do not break the laws (and they are becoming less every day) would not feel that they are less humans and less important citizens … but hey … that’s only my humble opinion!!!
Posted on Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Under: Amman, Arabs, Community, Craziness, Jordan, Middle East | 7 Comments »