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On the bus from downtown to the U some black guy around 40 came in, in one of those dirty knee-long teeshirts, and asked if I had a pen to borrow. I gave him one, and the next thing he did was sticking it in his mouth & starting to talk to a girl that was with him. Eventually he gives it back to me & I wipe it off on a piece of paper (well, duh...). The girl starts to puff that she's never seen anyone do that, & he says I shold just throw it away (maybe I still should..) & I say quietly that it's just bad manners to do what he did. Next thing he starts to exclaim something about "those white americans" (his 20-smth-year-old girl is white btw, a bit "special" one, by her looks and speech). I'm just ignoring them. And then some (white) guy starts to tell him that it _is_ rude to take somebody else's pen in your mouth & well, you can guess the reaction & the ensuing couple minutes of "conversation" until the driver told them to keep it quiet.
(1) That's why I wouldn't want to live in predominantly black Baltimore.
(2) Can't help wondering how far this unasked for protection can potentially go (specifically re darkish T). Historically, way too far. On other hand, it's a fact that if you let people do crappy things, some will do as much as they can.
Again, the motivation makes all the difference.
(3) жизнь, помимо всего прочего, ещё и дерьмо(с)