Walking to and from my local town this morning I became more convinced than ever that the majority of human beings are no more than a hair's breadth removed from the apes of the jungle.
While we pride ourselves on our intelligence and common decency, I watched as numerous motorists drove at silly speeds, failed to signal manoeuvres, cur corners and generally behaved like morons. In town, a young yob was apprehended by security staff after apparently having assaulted an elderly woman, presumably with the intention of stealing from her. In the shops, the lack of common courtesy was everywhere with very few people, other than myself, standing back to allow others to pass through doors or other small spaces. All-in-all, it was a depressing experience.
We are a society which considers itself to be educated and distinctly better than the animals from which we have evolved, while the truth is that most of us are still in the jungle. The yobs who attack old ladies in the street, steal from shops, burgle our homes, and drive like maniacs are everywhere; the appalling drunk and drugged creatures who inhabit too many of our town centres at the weekends make many peoples' lives a misery. Frequently, these sub-humans masquerade as 'normal' people, living in decent houses in decent areas but when the surface is scratched ever so slightly they show their true colours; their first reaction to any stress is usually physical violence and they have no thoughts that any other reaction is possible.
None of this is aimed at any part of our society in particular as the offenders appear to be of both sexes and of all ages, races, colours and creeds. The animalistic behaviour of football crowds and the audiences at 'rock concerts', the the yobs on our streets and the general violence in our society is the true image of natural human behaviour rather than the one we like to believe of nuclear families living wonderful lives and being concerned about everyone around them.
There are times when the truth hurts.
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