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05/06/07

Hitting Cyclists Is A Joke

From Richard Spencer in the Daily Telegraph:

The first test of getting a car on the road in Beijing is, well, getting the car on the road. You cannot expect cars to stop or slow to let you in. Bicycles are a hazard as well, of course: many Westerners, and I include myself, are squeamish about running them over. So you wait.

"Killing cyclists and insects doesn't bother most folks, but it makes me queasy." Ha. Ha.

This is what passes for humor among drivers.

Why is it okay to joke about killing cyclists?

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