quamp Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Story here BEJING - Red hair and the big earrings are out for women Beijing cab drivers in the run-up to next summer's Olympic Games, a state-run newspaper reported Wednesday. WHAT!? HOW DARE THEY!!! WHAT DOES A PERSON'S HAIR COLOR HAVE TO DO WITH HOW GOOD THEY ARE AS A CABBIE!? What are these people, Communists!? Why - Oh, wait, They are. Never mind. It did not say if there would be any penalties for cab drivers who dyed their hair red or broke the other guidelines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonhart29 Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Hmmm - so I guess the Reno fans that also drive cabs will be on strike soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EveKnight75 Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 What about the natural redheads? There are some occurrences of Asian people having reddish hair (auburn, but still), and it's not uncommon for elderly people to have their hair "rust" in the graying process, including brunettes. I remember my school in Bangladesh giving me shit over my coloring because it was apparently against school policy to wear contacts or dye your hair. The fuckers lay off when I dyed my hair dark brown and wore heavily tinted glasses. Apparently I had to break the rules in order to blend in and satisfy them. What China is proposing is blatant and unfounded discrimination and I'll support the cabbies who choose to fight this unjust rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Agaib Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 huh.... thats just odd. China's government is FULL of all sorts of paradoxes anyway. They're an odd sort of blend of Communistic control with all little bit of corporate capitalism mixed in. Very odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Samurai Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 I have one rule regarding China. It is the result of a great deal of research and thought. My rule? China sucks. The long form: The people don't suck, the culture doesn't suck, the history doesn't suck, the food doesn't suck, but I loathe that government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quamp Posted May 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Agreed. Because of the government's lack of pollution laws, China has recently passed the USA as the world's biggest polluter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest echtrae Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 True, but what is the US government's response to such thing? They want to loosen up the pollution laws here instead of putting pressure on China to tighten up their laws. Despite the fact that pollution from China has been found riding the jetstream into California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Agaib Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 but echtrae! Everybody is doing it! As long as we're not the worst we don't care right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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