midlife crisis

okay so i haven't been touching this dust-covered online webpage for a while since i've got virtually no time to do stuff like that, but i'll leave you guys with questions (and some policies) to ponder about instead. i just happened to think about these in my free time and on transports. feel free to debate about them because debate is healthy and i need my answers. haha.

okay, first question is on bus stops. i'm sure many of you have seen bus stops with bright white lights at night. that's fine, but if you realise, these lights are actually kept on PAST 12am, in which i find is just a plain waste of electricity. considering the number of bus stops that do NOT have night rider services, i don't understand why these lights have to be kept on when nobody uses them in the first place. think of how much we could save a year.

next question is on human rights. i'm sure all of us know that we SHOULD give up our seats to the elderly and stuff, and blah blah blah. however, you must understand that we just do this based on what our MORALS are. by having morals, we naturally gain more responsibility, because we are told what SHOULD or SHOULD NOT be doing. note that i emphasize SHOULD, because these are things in which we would not get arrested for if we fail to comply. i have encountered some old people who have treated this as an OFFENCE instead, and they assume that if you don't give up your seat, you have to be punished in some way or another, either by a barrage of non-stop hokkien profanities or an umbrella to the head. well, like i said, these are just morals and morals are something you hold true to yourself. you can refuse to be moral, but are you going to be held responsible for it if everyone has different morals? a few years back my sisters and i were on a train to jurong east when at a particular station, one old couple carrying a few large plastics bags rushed in and immediately addresses us in a rather unpolite manner, waving their umbrellas to ask us to vacate our seats. we were caught in a moment of surprise (we have not experienced this before) so we vacated our seats promptly. they never said a word of thanks, but rather started muttering to themselves on how people like us have got no initiative. back then we were too young to actually know the differences between morals and responibility, so we just did "what everyone thinks is right". looking back, i realise that actually, i DID have the choice (in a clear mind, of course) to NOT give up my seats without being punished for it or being held accountable for it. i could have just sat there and refused to move, while they can complain all they want. people who want to bring up morals but refuse to acknowledge the values behind it simply deserve no respect. after going through various lessons on human rights and breaking away from the mainstream train of thought, i have decided that should i encounter such a situation again, i'll keep my ass firmly planted to the seat and my music playing, thanks.

so what if my morals clash with yours? so what if you're not happy since you can't hold me accountable then? shoot me.