The National Issue

Well, here's something I never thought I'd be discussing: the national issue. In the past couple of days, everyone has been rambling about the fact that a 15 (am I correct?) year old wore a distinctive Romanian symbol at school during the Hungarian National Day. The problem was: this was happening in Romania. And the bigger issue? The girl was threatened because of this. I am usually not too much of a judge when it comes to cases like this one, but this, particularly, caught my eye. I'm not sure if it's because of the girl being threatened because she wore that sign or because a teacher was the one to do that. I am not even sure if it's because this happened in Romania, where Hungarians are a very big issue since they are a minority that refuses to accept current regulations regarding their status. However, I'm not here to discuss history, but to discuss my personal opinion on these ramblings. Yes, that's what they are: ramblings.

So here we are: a humongous amount of people (17.392 likes on the community) is following and supporting the madness of a teenager that had run out of means of being the center of attention. If any of you took the time to hear her speak, you'll notice her huge lack of enthusiasm. This isn't something she believes in, but something that's going to give her 15 minutes of fame. Hopefully. Because if she receives more than her freaking 15 minutes, she's going to cause something big, like a revolution. I am really afraid of what stupid people are capable of doing. I've had to deal with this my entire life. I might not be this generation's Einstein, but I can smell empty heads from a distance. I've been faced with this phenomenon for a long while and the most acute case of stupidity is patriotism. Call me weird, but since the revolutions that took place a lot of time ago, people haven't had that true sense of love for their country. In Romania, this is especially damaging.

Before we move on, let me tell you about this thing in RO: We have a normal country, it's not beautiful, but it isn't too ugly either. People are lovely (the majority I mean) and we have a great potential. Well, at least some of us. However, the vast majority attributes our bad situation on politics. I am sure that some of it is due to them, but all of it is actually because of people: we are the ones that elect politicians, we are the mind of the country. And we blame others for it and expect others to solve it for us. That is why, when someone excels in Olympiads, we give them no credit: they're geeks. But when they decide to go abroad, we judge them for leaving the country and not helping improve the situation. Romanians tend to lay in their beds and expect a new and modern Moses to take them to the promised land. And by taking them, I mean teleporting them. No Romanian would even think of moving his arse somwhere. Anywhere. So they simply judge from behind their computer screens or TVs.

So here we are to the more important topic: where will this teenager's nonsense stop? For a people that doesn't like to act, this is awfully serious because, besides likes and shares, they've met in squares and held manifestos. What will they do in their stupidity? And why is it that they acted now and not when something more important happened? It is a serious issue and I've been faced and been horrified by it, but what is it that made them act now?

* In case you were wondering, I once participated in an National Olympiad in Cluj and met a certain Rebecca. She spoke amazing English and I wanted to congratulate her, so I called her and started telling how I admired her: in Romanian. Sadly enough, she didn't understand a word: she lived somewhere in the North-West of the country and her only spoken languages were Hungarian and English.*

With this, I rest my plea and wonder what the idiots will do next. So far, so good, I'm leaving in 5 months. But I admire those that have the brains to leave but choose to stay here. To you, all of my respects!