XPost: soc.culture.china, alt.politics.china   
   From: dank@nugget.org   
      
   The Wise One wrote...   
   > Anti-smoker takes matters into own hands   
   >   
   > (China Daily)   
   >   
   > Updated: 2008-03-13 08:42   
   >   
   >   
   > Zhang Yue, a man known for his vehement opposition to smoking, arrived   
   > in  Yantai, Shandong province, last week to champion his cause - by   
   > snatching  cigarettes from people on the streets.   
   >   
   > After seizing a cigarette from a smoker last Thursday, Zhang told the   
   > frightened man he intended to help him quit the habit.   
   >   
   > The man thanked him and said he would smoke less.   
   >   
   > Zhang, a native of Luoyang, Henan province, has been to 211 cities   
   > nationwide since 2001 to oppose smoking. He says his greatest joy is to   
   > take away cigarettes from smokers.   
      
   The Chinese government could execute smokers if it wanted to, so this guy   
   must be part of some campaign to crack down on smoking prior to the   
   Olympics without causing too bloody an incident that might harm China's   
   glorious image.  And it is preferable to executing the smokers because   
   their labor is still needed to keep the country's economy expanding, plus   
   they continue to pay taxes on the cigarettes this agitprop takes away   
   from them.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)