“Listen,” one woman in her mid- to late twenties says to another the same age as they are walking past me in the center of the Croatian capital. “This may sound naïve,” she continues, “but…” At this point the two of them turn a corner and I cannot hear what it is that may sound naïve. Out of the blue, I grin and shake my head. I cannot imagine anything that the woman could come up with after such an opening that would not actually be naïve. And then I try to come up with anything that would pass the muster in my own mind. The first thing that crosses my mind is suicide. “This may sound naïve,” I can almost hear the woman’s voice, “but suicide would solve all my problems.” I realize at once that suicide would not sound naïve in the first place, though. I try again, but I fail. In my mind, everything the woman could come up with after such a pernicious opening would end up being naïve for true. This may sound naïve, but this particular expression should be abandoned by all. And for good. It cannot but be contradicted in a jiffy.