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HashiriKata -

Scenes like this make my blood boil. As long as they're from a Western country, even the dumbest
think that they're clever enough and are licensed to teach anyone anywhere!



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roddy -



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Scenes like this make my blood boil.

Must have a very low boiling point - it's a bike lane, they're cars. Hardly rocket science.










heifeng -

I've seen a similar encounter out here with a pair of CHINESE senior citizens (one pushing the
other in a wheel chair) practically going head to head with a car which was doing something
ridiculous and completely blocking their pathway....maybe this would have made for an even more
interesting and convincing picture and showed that SOME drivers have zero respect for the law or
safety of others on the road (sidewalk, parking lot...etc....)










roddy -

Nothing scarier than an angry Chinese granny, I reckon. Or any angry granny!

Frankly if more people did stuff like that the city would rapidly become a much nicer (not to
mention safer) place to live. Matters not what passport they carry. I shall try to remind myself
of this fact next time I find myself turning a blind eye to dodgy driving, queue jumping,
non-smoking area smoking and bar touts. Long live the spirit of angry grannies!










HashiriKata -



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Must have a very low boiling point

You have no idea Roddy, but I'm still a saint!










Hero Doug -



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As long as they're from a Western country, even the dumbest think that they're clever enough and
are licensed to teach anyone anywhere!

I can't agree totally with this attitude. There are some thing's that are universal and transcend
culture.

Breaking the law and endangering people (the car incident), jumping ahead in line, smoking, etc,
all bother Chinese people I have talked to (about the subject). There (Chinese) all taught the
same morals were taught, why are we turning a blind eye to the few people that don't follow them?
Especially when it's putting youself in danger, or day I say, peril?










yonitabonita -



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Scenes like this make my blood boil. As long as they're from a Western country, even the dumbest
think that they're clever enough and are licensed to teach anyone anywhere!

I'd be interested to know what exactly you find so outrageous hashirikata.

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bianfuxia -



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Scenes like this make my blood boil. As long as they're from a Western country, even the dumbest
think that they're clever enough and are licensed to teach anyone anywhere!

Um, dude, how do you know she's dumb? I think the fact she is Western is what got her in the news.
Beyond that, it's irrelevant to the narrative. Like others say, Chinese people take a stand too
from time to time.

I can't really understand why you oppose a weak law-abiding person succeeding in a peaceful
protest against the clear wrong-doing of a person who thought he could get away with breaking the
law by pushing said weak person around.

Perhaps there's something I'm missing in my obviously white-euro-crypto-colonialist interpretation
of events?










wushijiao -



Quote:

I can't agree totally with this attitude. There are some thing's that are universal and transcend
culture.

Breaking the law and endangering people (the car incident), jumping ahead in line, smoking, etc,
all bother Chinese people I have talked to (about the subject).

That's right. There isn't much of a cultural ascpect to these issues if the government and society
of the host country are trying to eliminate these behaviors. This guy is a jackass, who clearly
disobeyed Chinese law, putting bikers at risk. Cars in bike lanes also force the bikes to the
sidewalks, which interferes with pedestrain movement and any businesses on the street.










zhwj -



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As long as they're from a Western country, even the dumbest think that they're clever enough and
are licensed to teach anyone anywhere!

Coincidentally, the day after these photos appeared, I watched a Chinese TV show that featured the
program host standing at a bus stop blocking people from crossing the road at street-level and
instead directing them to the pedestrian bridge.












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