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Title: This is pretty screwed up!
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, November 03, 2016, 08:30:57 AM

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2015/09/why_drivers_in_china_intentionally_kill_the_pedestrians_they_hit_china_s.html

Title: Re: This is pretty screwed up!
Post by: Cobra951 on Thursday, November 03, 2016, 09:54:18 AM

Just when you think you have a handle on how perverse humanity can be.  I guess if I ever go to China, I'll have to pack a gun when hoofing it.

Title: Re: This is pretty screwed up!
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, November 03, 2016, 12:32:27 PM

Jesus Christ. I have no response to this other than sadness and disgust.

Title: Re: This is pretty screwed up!
Post by: Pugnate on Saturday, November 05, 2016, 12:03:18 AM

Some are calling this poorly sourced. I could find nothing else to verify this.

Here is Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/chinese-drivers-kill-pedestrians/

Title: Re: This is pretty screwed up!
Post by: Cobra951 on Saturday, November 05, 2016, 06:54:07 AM

The Snopes piece raises doubts, but doesn't make me unsee what I have seen.  It is not a definitive debunking.

Title: Re: This is pretty screwed up!
Post by: Pugnate on Saturday, November 05, 2016, 07:45:27 PM

Oh I actually didn't see the videos. A lot of people are agreeing with the Slate article, though opinion is divided.