| Miami was voted the city with the worst road | | | | few thousand years. Life three hundred years ago |
| rage in America in 2007, which would make it the | | | | was still permeated with wars, murders, hangings |
| most roadragious (did I just make a word up?) It | | | | and the like, but it's our overall level of politeness |
| lead one comedian to joke that it's because | | | | that has dropped. Declining courtesy in New |
| people aged 20 are doing 95 and people aged 95 | | | | Zealand rarely rates as news like it would in, for |
| are doing 20. | | | | example, Singapore where a minor altercation |
| But that's probably just one of the causes, most | | | | between a student and bus driver can be major |
| of which are a result of our technology-infused, | | | | news. |
| hyperactive lives exacerbating our inadequate | | | | Unfortunately, I feel that therapists are not the |
| ability to control our emotions. After all, humans | | | | cure either as they often circumvent the human |
| have always got angry over trivial things - other | | | | mind's ability to deal with things itself by prolonging |
| people's religions, the neighbour's dog poohing | | | | (and deepening) people's thoughts about it. Which |
| where it shouldn't, and their sports teams losing. | | | | leaves us to deal with the issues ourselves. Some |
| Back in April, New Scientist magazine wrote about | | | | people listen to classical music, others cry when |
| what the electronic age is doing to our brains. To | | | | they get home, but I've always found a good |
| summarise their article, scientists have found that | | | | blast through the countryside very cathartic. |
| playing violent video games and watching violence | | | | Consider this: your car is the only form of |
| on TV desensitises us to it, and separates the | | | | enclosed transport in which you can enjoy the |
| consequences of it from us. You can kill multiple | | | | emissions of your own digestion without offending |
| people, steal cars, blow things up and cause | | | | others. So when the next person cuts you off, |
| mayhem, with the only result being a fatty heart | | | | release one into the atmosphere, breathe deeply |
| and aching thumbs. | | | | and thank the gods you're not in a crowded bus. |
| It's not like we haven't had violence for the past | | | | |