This is something that has been on my mind alot. Driving to work today a Golf GTI kept harrassing the road, not me, everyone. She was driving fast because she had a fast car. She ended up nowhere with a beat-up-skedonk driving past her slowly.
Now this brings me to my point. The only reason she was driving that fast was because she was in a GTI. If she didn’t have the GTI she probably wouldn’t want to drive that fast. In the same breath I firmly believe in a gun-free world/South Africa.
Yes people kill people, but damn guns help hey!
Does having a million Rand mean that one should be using it, spending it, driving a fast car? I don’t know. But I think that extravagance is fast becoming a way of life in SA and I am not so sure I like it.
I am all for having money, spending money and using money. But extravagance that is blatant and “showy” really grates me. Arrogance is something that I struggle to deal with, like the woman in the GTI this morning. She strikes me as the type who if she had a gun she’d use it because she had it. And that worries me.
I have often pulled out of debate, discussion, fighting, arguing or swearing at motorists because it’s never just a simple throwing of words or gestures. There is always that possibility of more.
Is a gun-free SA possible? Is it necessary? Should we be taking a harder line on this topic? I think we should. How can you hijack someone without a gun? It’s possible, I’m sure, but much more difficult.
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