China city traffic cops (are) given 43 years to live
so reads the headline
and so is made clear, to me,
as also to every thinking man
and thinking woman out there,
that work sure is NOT everything
and it sure as hell is NEVER
worth dying for!
DYING... TO DIRECT TRAFFIC?!?
SHORTENING ONE'S LIFESPAN
JUST SO THERE ARE LESS TRAFFIC JAMS?!?
Of course, Hong Kong has debilitating demographic concerns
And the shortened life expectancy of some of its denizens
might help in that, in the long run...
43, single, no children - keels over dead.
That sure as hell won't cause the population to increase;
now will it?!?
But from my standpoint -
my luminous/lugubrious standpoint -
I loathe polluters... car drivers... traffic...
urban oxygen...
Let them all get stuck in monster jams
and die of exasperation (as well as of breathing in
too much of their own pollution...!)
I see it as near ABOMINATION
to sacrifice anyone else's life
shorten it, knowingly and willfully,
just so that the petty car owners
can have a better experience driving around
polluting beyond repair their environment
KILLING OTHERS - AND THEMSELVES TOO...
Gee - some of these commuters
("escommungados commuters" as I call them!)
some of these gloating, self-absorbed JERKS
should simply give US ALL a break
and, if they are in such a hurry then,
they can take the shortcut to hell
since they're headed there anyways...
That's right, polluters and other pukesters -
lock yourselves up in your garage
close all the windows, all the way down
connect a tube to your tuyau d'échappement
échappez à votre existence
échappe et ment - allez donc...
and take several deep breaths of THAT...
Nota Bene: no - I REPEAT - I do not condone self-destruction
But if you're evil - go for it.
and so is made clear, to me,
as also to every thinking man
and thinking woman out there,
that work sure is NOT everything
and it sure as hell is NEVER
worth dying for!
DYING... TO DIRECT TRAFFIC?!?
SHORTENING ONE'S LIFESPAN
JUST SO THERE ARE LESS TRAFFIC JAMS?!?
Of course, Hong Kong has debilitating demographic concerns
And the shortened life expectancy of some of its denizens
might help in that, in the long run...
43, single, no children - keels over dead.
That sure as hell won't cause the population to increase;
now will it?!?
But from my standpoint -
my luminous/lugubrious standpoint -
I loathe polluters... car drivers... traffic...
urban oxygen...
Let them all get stuck in monster jams
and die of exasperation (as well as of breathing in
too much of their own pollution...!)
I see it as near ABOMINATION
to sacrifice anyone else's life
shorten it, knowingly and willfully,
just so that the petty car owners
can have a better experience driving around
polluting beyond repair their environment
KILLING OTHERS - AND THEMSELVES TOO...
Gee - some of these commuters
("escommungados commuters" as I call them!)
some of these gloating, self-absorbed JERKS
should simply give US ALL a break
and, if they are in such a hurry then,
they can take the shortcut to hell
since they're headed there anyways...
That's right, polluters and other pukesters -
lock yourselves up in your garage
close all the windows, all the way down
connect a tube to your tuyau d'échappement
échappez à votre existence
échappe et ment - allez donc...
and take several deep breaths of THAT...
Nota Bene: no - I REPEAT - I do not condone self-destruction
But if you're evil - go for it.
posted by Luminous (\ô/) Luciano™ @ 1:46 PM
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China city traffic cops given 43 years to live
Tue Aug 7, 1:24 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese city traffic police have an average life expectancy of just 43 years because of the dire working conditions and pollution, state media said on Tuesday.
And nearly every traffic policeman in the booming southern Chinese city of Guangzhou suffered nose or throat infections caused by dirty air.
Xinhua news agency said a survey of eight cities found that police officers who had worked the streets for more than 20 years were the most at risk.
Pollution was the chief culprit, but stress, traffic noise and standing long periods in the sun were also to blame.
Chinese cities are battling to clean their polluted skies, especially the capital, Beijing, a year before it hosts the Olympic Games.
More than 90 percent of the 2,746 traffic police who underwent a check-up in Guangzhou had infections, the China Daily quoted the Guangzhou Hospital of Vocational Disease Control and Prevention as saying.
The incidence of lung, heart and respiratory tract diseases and arthritis was also higher among traffic police than the public as a whole, the newspaper added.
"Vehicle emissions and excessive heat were the major contributors to the condition," Liu Yimin, vice-president of the hospital, was quoted by a newspaper as saying.
"Traffic police have to work in a polluted environment for many hours a day, so their health is bound to be affected."
Guangzhou, with a population of about 10 million, is home to 1.8 million cars and other vehicles, and the number is increasing by 16 percent annually, according to the government Web site (www.gd.gov.cn).
Some 150,000 new vehicle licenses were approved in the city each year, and more than 3,000 traffic police need to work surrounded by them, the China Daily said.
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And they said life expectancy was so much better in this day and age - than it was in medieval times...!
They may have had the Black Plague back then;
but they also had cleaner air, somehow!
So much also for the perceived, much-flaunted and somewhat logical Asian superiority...
But I am a mere westerner talking here -
what do I know, RIGHT?
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