Sunday, February 3, 2008

No more Youtube? Taixing tragedy.

Trainer Terry tells me that the Chinese government passed a law today allowing them to block all Internet sites that allow users to upload videos.  With the Olympics coming, the Chicoms do not want anything shown that can be embarrassing to them.  They had blocked Youtube before when there was an important conference of political leaders meeting.

As Terry said, Will they ever learn?

My wife told me about a tragedy in Taixing where her mother lives.  Someone, who had a two month old baby, decided to dry a pee cloth (they can't or don't use Pampers) by draping it over a heater which was near the infant.  They left the infant in the room unattended.  When they came back to see how the baby was doing, they found the child had been burnt to death. 

An absolutely horrible story.  My wife thought about the little child's screams being unheeded.  I could only imagine how the parent felt.  We all do stupid things but thankfully we can forget about them.  There is a parent who forever be damaged.

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