The mayor of a municipality in Istanbul proudly announced that they built walls around a small city park to keep kids safe. And I was the only weirdo who asked

The mayor of a municipality in Istanbul proudly announced that they built walls around a small city park to keep kids safe. And I was the only weirdo who asked why they didn’t put measures in place against speeding drivers instead. People see completely normal to take their kids to this walled garden that looks like a prison yard with a few trees and a playground. This hysteria of every stranger must be a criminal and everything is dangerous successfully pushed people into compartments. Eastern Europe is honestly much more free than all the places I’ve been. To be honest, Eastern Europe does have safety problems but it’s mostly about self harm caused by nihilism, maybe that’s part of the reason why people don’t freak out about everything in first place but when I’m in Eastern Europe I feel significantly less stressed than when I’m in the UK or Turkey. Maybe an approach somewhere between Eastern European nihilism and Western “everything is extremely important” mentality must be reached. Put the speed bumpers against the maniacs and let the kids learn how to operate without the safety nets. Like at the ending of “Demolition Man” movie, maybe some of us need to take stuff a bit more seriously and others relax a bit.