Spitting (随地吐痰, 唾を吐く, 침을 뱉다) and the Pope

One of the worst things about being on public streets, more than seeing dog poop on the ground left uncleaned, litter just thrown willy nilly without a care in the world, more than people taking up a whole sidewalk even when seeing someone else approaching them coming the opposite way, is spitting, one of the worst offenses in my opinion anyone could do, and something I just don't understand why it has to happen. Throughout the day, I never get any urge to spit or eject saliva out of my mouth for any reason, and if I do spit I'm going to spit into a sink for brushing my teeth or if I taste someone really bad or a bone in a piece of chicken or something, I'm going to spit it out. But what is it about spitting that people get into a habit of? Is it because smokers need to spit out something? I understand there's chewing tobacco that people spit out, sunflower seeds, etc., but there are people just walking on the sidewalk who just spit randomly, and not into like a corner or anything, just down in the street where everyone is walking. It's also possible on a windy day for that spit to travel and hit someone else, maybe not directly in the face but towards their body; not something anyone wants to subject themselves to. Spit has so many dirty substances in it and can definitely transmit disease, so there's a practical reason not to do it but it's really hard to enforce and unfortunately people just "IDGAF," a name of a Dua Lipa song but also now a standard phrase among the younger generation meaning "I don't care." Living in a society kind of relies on having people who do give a F or who do care, but the prevailing attitude now that explains why spitting is so common is people just don't have respect for rules, consideration for others, trust that what you do for others will be paid back in kind. It's just a further rebuttal of my belief as a kid that the adult world is filled with responsible, capable people who have a very sophisticated system holding society together with a strong foundation and good actors with the best intentions for others. The older I get, the more I realize society is barely held together by a string, a whole ton of people don't do the right thing, and those who do risk being disappointed when the care they have for society doesn't get reciprocated, and another responsible person gets corrupted to teh IDGAF attitude because if others don't care about me, why should I care about them? For example, I thought government leaders were the best in our society and choose leadership because they think they can do the best for the world; now I realize politicans are one of the least trusted professions and most are acting for their own benefit or to gain more power; I thought the police had great moral authority and have to be upright citizens and be trustworthy themselves before enforcing the law and judging others; come to find out police are just people who wield a disproportionate amount of power, some with the correct amount of duty and responsiblity, but very often they also fall prey to human weaknesses. This week I was walking on a walk sign and almost got run over by a cop who had the red light but went anyway by putting his emergency lights on, the ultimate get-out-of-jail card. "power tends to corrupt. Absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely."- Lord Acton. Which is one of the good things that religion can help with: showing the morally correct way to treat others and keeping people in line. With religion, at least people have some sort of code, some basis to guide their behavior. And the pope, newly elected Robert Prevost, or Leo XIV, has the unique position of being someone people look up to, to see that he doesn't spit in public or swear profusely or do illegal drugs or trick other people into buying things they don't need, being a bastion of good in the world that we so desperately (since the traditional "leaders" don't look anything like leaders anymore, like the President of the U.S., or chief of police, or local mayor....) there's really no one to turn to because with the rise of the internet and everyone knowing about everything all the time, it's hard to pick anyone who is a leader. It's no accident people who actually go to church is on the decline and belief in organized religion is at a recent low, it's inversely proportional with the number of people who have access to the internet. People just don't have faith anymore, which makes the pope's job more important but also an opportunity to provide something society desperately needs, is faith in each other and showing good behavior actually works. Otherwise, everyone will just be spitting and even worse without any fear of recourse. Also high on the list of things that makes me incredibly angry as an adult for some reason that is just basic things people shouldn't do: 1.) not flushing after you pee in a public stall. Just one flick of your wrist, guys. 2.) loud music at night from cars with incredibly loud basses, that's not even just neglect like some other activities, that's someone purposely playing their music loud so other people can hear. 3.) walking up really close to traffic as cars passing by trying to "time" it so you walk through as soon as the car passes by. Incredibly dangerous, incredibly low upside (gaining half a second as opposed to just waiting by the sidewalk until the car passes by) compared to the incredibly high downside (getting hit by the car or getting your feet run over), and it's also bad for me as the driver not knowing what you're going to do. 4.) flicking cigarette butts all over the place after you're doing. Some people honestly live like animals, maybe even worse than animals because some dogs know to dig a hole for their poop. We shouldn't get angry over the worst of society, but man it's difficult not to comment or consider dropping everything I do for others when others are doing this to others.