Observerations: Observations and Reverbertations

So the other day Lebanese Armenians protested Armenia's warming relations with Turkey. The protest blocked roads and resulted in thousands of tired, hard working commuters spending hours on the road. Ordinary people suffered and Armenia's government felt nothing and the protest changed nothing.

Physician heel thyself, and guardians of the law ENFORCE THE LAW! Just the other day in the middle of traffic a driver turns into a busy highway, struggling with the cumbersome steering wheel, her other hand otherwise employed holding a mobile phone to her rattling head. On the sidelines, literally, a cop stands nonchalantly. How can we expect people to abide by the traffic laws if law breakers get away with such behaviour.

Yet another Lebanese driver the other day tried in vain to insert his steel chariot in front of mine as the road was narrowing. I had right of way, I was in my lane, so I safely denied him entry. The irate driver then cuts me off further up the road and almost brushed against my car in the process, a show of male virility no doubt but one which failed to impress.

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