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Al Doggity

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Hit to kill in China
« on: September 04, 2015, 01:17:25 PM »
Have you heard of this phenomenon?

Apparently, in China, if you hit someone you are on the hook financially for the rest of their life. So, it is fairly common for accidental hits to be followed up with running over the victim multiple times to make sure they are dead.  There have been a lot of cases in the news there over the years.

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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2015/09/why_drivers_in_china_intentionally_kill_the_pedestrians_they_hit_china_s.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top
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The Abdominal Snoman

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Re: Hit to kill in China
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2015, 01:36:35 PM »
Unless the old guy was deaf, there's no way he wouldn't hear that truck slowly backing up. Impossible...
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Dave D

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Re: Hit to kill in China
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2015, 01:54:52 PM »
Quote from: The Abdominal Snoman on September 04, 2015, 01:36:35 PM
Unless the old guy was deaf, there's no way he wouldn't hear that truck slowly backing up. Impossible...

Maybe the sound the truck made while backing up was in Cantonese and the old man only understood Mandarin?


Strange culture in China.
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Re: Hit to kill in China
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2015, 01:55:28 PM »
Read an article on this.

Cheaper to pay out 50K to a family than to take care of someone for life.

Definitely disturbing.
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Re: Hit to kill in China
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2015, 02:13:36 PM »
it's only weird or disturbing if the driver gets dopamine/serotonin/oxytocin/endorphin rush from crushing the old man 3 times.
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Re: Hit to kill in China
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2015, 02:17:55 PM »
Quote from: devilsmile on September 04, 2015, 02:13:36 PM
it's only weird or disturbing if the driver gets dopamine/serotonin/oxytocin/endorphin rush from crushing the old man 3 times.

3 edits on your comment.

I see what you're doing
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Re: Hit to kill in China
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2015, 02:19:21 PM »
Quote from: Dave D on September 04, 2015, 02:17:55 PM
3 edits on your comment.

I see what you're doing

now it's perfect and I'm cool :D
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Al Doggity

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Re: Hit to kill in China
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2015, 02:36:24 PM »
Quote from: TuHolmes on September 04, 2015, 01:55:28 PM
Read an article on this.

Cheaper to pay out 50K to a family than to take care of someone for life.

Definitely disturbing.


Interesting thing is they rarely end up being charged with murder, so it makes you wonder what the idea behind the law is. It ultimately doesn't protect the public.
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Re: Hit to kill in China
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2015, 02:45:41 PM »
Very sensible and better for all parties involved tbh. Quality of life would've went down considerably for both parties involved.
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Re: Hit to kill in China
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2015, 06:44:34 PM »
Quote from: Al Doggity on September 04, 2015, 02:36:24 PM
Interesting thing is they rarely end up being charged with murder, so it makes you wonder what the idea behind the law is. It ultimately doesn't protect the public.

A billion motherfuckers over there, laws for population/birth control. Yeah, I think they could give a fuck less.
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