| To WJS and Carsten,
I am not comfortable when i read Carsten's recent articles. I am a Chinese American. I still deeply love China although i saw sooo many things can be improved to make it a better country. But when i read Carsten's comments like "...people of China cannot educate themselves...", "...well worthy dignity of China is completely lost when we talk traffic...", "...you Chinese don't even know what happened in Tibet...", I am pissed off. Carsten labels himself as a civilized westerner here to help/teach China. But the westener world does not only include Carsten's hometown(i don't even know where is he from and whether it is as civilized as he thought anyway). Traffic is a major problem in most of metro areas around the world. In CA and New York, you will see much more aggressive drivers driving much bigger fatal cars. Local newspaper and media address the traffic problem everyday. But i never saw any Carsten-like comments such as " .. well worthy dignity of New York is completely lost when talking traffic .." Recently, US justice department launched an investigation on New Jersey State Police since it seems the NJ police stopped more cars with black drivers than other race. We take racial profiling seriously. Painting certain race driver are more aggressive is not only wrong, but also a crime here in US. Carsten, when we address proplem, we adrress it as a problem of its own. We don't address it as a problem for a certain race or origin. Carsten, we all welcome your constructive comments here. Countries around world all have problems: drug problem in America, racilism in some EU countries, etc. Labeling yourself a westerner does not make yourself a civilized person, the ways you talk, deal with things, and contribute back to the community do. Shen |
Traffic Rules in Shanghai - Part II