Cynthetiq

Let yourself think that. I thought that too at age 18. Over the years, I've learned that there are other things that are truly much more important that impact my day to day immediately and intrusively. Those do not.

I lived in another country that didn't guarantee the same rights as that of the US. People didn't like free thinkers in Singapore.

My sister could walk down the street drunk off her ass and not worry about being raped at age 16.

We could walk dark desolate roads at night without fear of being mugged or assaulted.

Streets were clean with NO TRASH anywhere. Fines for littering were large and enforced, right down to gum, spitting, curbing your dog and cleaning it up.

While these things may not be important to you, they mean something to me since I currently live in a city where you can do whatever you want and no one cares.

I've seen human feces in public places where you'd not expect them to be like going down strairs at the Port Authority Bus terminal.

I've seen crackheads smoking crack in parks, subway trains, in front of families.

I know of people mugged for their ipods.

I know people assualted and raped.

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