I was sitting comfortably on the tube earlier today when I realized that just next to me there were two Romanians: a man and a woman. They were talking quite loudly and I was able to hear their every word. Though I really wish I couldn’t. The man was kissing and touching his girlfriend in a very inappropriate way while saying the most obscene and disgusting things. I will refrain from giving any details here but all I can say is that I couldn’t believe my ears. I am not a prude nor one of those girls with a Virgin Mary attitude towards sex, however, I would never share my sexual fantasies on the London tube. Especially if they involve S&M or sodomy. But this isn’t about sex, it’s about human decency. A trait almost completely forgotten by most people.

Freedom of speech is such a misunderstood and abused liberty. Just because those two horrible people (who happened to be Romanian) were in a foreign country, they assumed no one could understand what they were talking about and thus released the beasts inside them. Which is perfectly fine in a more intimate environment. Sadly, more often than not, people just don’t know how to behave in society. They don’t care and won’t make an effort to show respect or to be well-mannered. But how would they know the first thing about manners when they probably don’t have an education? I know people whose parents didn’t bother educating their  own children, yet they somehow managed to do it themselves. Therefore, I can’t think of any excuses- for acting like the subjects of my story- other than sheer stupidity and ignorance.

You could say this only happens with certain ghastly lower class people: the gypsies in Romania, the chavs in London and so on. However, the two Romanians were not gypsies. They were just two people who not only made me feel so embarrassed for being a Romanian myself, but also for living in this world. These kind of people suck all the optimism and positive energy out of me. They make me think of all the madness in the world: of those who aren’t satisfied with whispering sexual offences in each other’s ears but actually put them into practice. As most people, I usually ignore the newspaper headlines that scream about rapists and killers and the rest of crazy people out there. I too do my best at trying to look at the bright side and to find the good in people. But sometimes I just can’t. Not when I am forced to witness such loathsome behaviours. In the light of these events, you may wonder why I didn’t say anything to my confreres. Well, that’s because I am as scared of people who don’t know decency as of a wild beast who doesn’t know reason.

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