Choking on growth

[Atreides]

China's pollution is getting pretty scary. Plus it's hard to clear up with local government officials taking kickbacks and intimidating people that speak up. At least the pic with the psychedelic green looks nice.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/world/as...nyt&emc=rss

 

ZHOUTIE, China

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

[Walsingham]

I like the bit where they try to buy him off, but are so spectacularly corrupt that one of their own steals most of the bribe.

[Atreides]

I like the part where he's learned from the first official trip and gets the crew in before the official trip to do a special on the "river that turns from black to white overnight" lol.

[metadigital]

Kudos to Wu Lihong: Mr Wu, you are a true civilian of the world's society.

[Guest The Architect]

^ Hahaha.

 

That's all I have to say. Well...

 

Yeah, indeed China's got some serious pollution issues. And they're not the only major issues they've got...

 

Uh, I hope the Chinese aren't monitoring this. They might come to a more than exaggerated and unwanted conclusion on what Australians think of them... which could have disastrous consequences on us!

Edited October 16, 2007 by The Architect

[Guest The Architect]

Are you serious? The Chinese are a bunch of little girls. They won't do jack ****.

[Walsingham]

Are you serious? The Chinese are a bunch of little girls. They won't do jack ****.

 

Having a nasty scar on my shin from a little girl fetching me a mischief using a long stick, and missing a clump of hair on my head whence it was ripped by another little girl, I am not reassured.

[Guest The Architect]

Hahaha. Sorry to hear that.

 

So what you're saying is, you're afraid of little girls?

[Walsingham]

Hahaha. Sorry to hear that.

 

So what you're saying is, you're afraid of little girls?

 

I'm more scared of them than terrorists. At least you can arrest terrorists.

[Guest The Architect]

But isn't taking away a kids candy easier than arresting someone?

[Walsingham]

Small girls don't eat candy. They eat lead piping and boy's shins.

[Guest The Architect]

Not where I come from they don't.

[Humodour]

It must be a WA thing, because the girls are like that in Canberra.

[Guest The Architect]

Aren't you all like that in Canberra?

[Humodour]

You have 3 groups:

 

The social servants - these guys are mainly okay unless you jump out at them, in which case their drugged up bodies will flail at you wildly. Popular choices include crystal meth and cocaine.

The bogans - these guys are easy to run into at a bar, even in the more well-to-do areas of the city. Highly unpredictable - ranges from "wanna fight, bitch?" to "hey dude my car is in hospital and I need $20 for my sick brother" (outside mooseheads club at 2am, breath smelling of beer).

The uni students - commonly a mix of the 2 groups above with their own distinct holier-than-thou flavour added to the mix.