To Be Fair!

Forty-five years ago, a European university accepted a friend of mine as a student. Weeks after he had traveled, he sent me a letter in which he told me that, upon his arrival, he went to visit a relative of his in a nearby area. They stayed up till dawn. Then he returned home, the way he had left, on his own two feet. He crossed a road intersection at a time when pedestrians are prohibited from crossing. He was alone on the road. A few days later, he received a letter showing his violation and the amount of the fine that he must pay…Today, I remembered my friend. I was driving my car on a public road. Someone in front of me committed a violation. He did not cross at a forbidden time, but threw a banana peel out of his car window! You would not be saying everything if you said that we live in a country in which every ambition is on vacation! To be fair, you must say that the manners of most people in it are on vacation too! Lebanon will not walk along with the developed world before everyone in it realizes that he is responsible!