Text Chapter 763 Small Talk All the Way
Patton's face was full of envy: "Then it must be very cool to ride a heavy motorcycle cruising on your Huaxia Expressway, right?"
Xiao Peng showed a look of regret: "Well, Barton, I'm afraid things are really different from what you think." It's not easy for you to ride a motorcycle on the Huaxia Expressway. β
Patton asked, "What? Huaxia doesn't let motorcycles go on the highway?"
Xiao Peng shook his head: "Well, according to the Huaxia Road Traffic Safety Law, motorcycles are allowed to go on high speeds, but the speed limit for motorcycles cannot exceed 80 kilometers per hour, and cannot be lower than the minimum speed of 60 kilometers." And if you imagine cruising with a girl here, don't think about it, on the Huaxia Expressway, motorcycles are forbidden to carry people. β
"That's reasonable, even the speed limit is 80, which is too slow. Barton said.
Like the heavy motorcycle that the two of them are riding now, they can easily reach 200 kilometers per hour.
Xiao Peng smiled bitterly: "Well, in fact, not only that, there are many provinces in China that have local regulations prohibiting motorcycles on high speed, such as Guangxi, Henan, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jilin, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, etc., almost half of China, in China, many cities are directly restricted from motorcycles, not allowing motorcycles on the roadγγγγγγ β
"Damn! Such a rule is so fascist! What's wrong with riding a motorcycle? It's discrimination!" Patton listened to the airway, and as a motorcycle enthusiast, he must not be happy to hear this.
Xiao Peng shrugged his shoulders and said: "Patton, you don't know the national conditions in China, in fact, such regulations are disguised to protect car drivers." According to the regulations in China, for example, if I drive and a motorcycle hits me, even if I am not at fault, I will have to bear some responsibility. β
Patton was stunned: "What kind of strange law is this?"
Xiao Peng said: "In China, this is the so-called protection of vulnerable groups, in front of cars, pedestrians, bicycles, motorcycles are vulnerable groups, so no matter whose responsibility, driving a car will lose money." There was once a time when a car was parked in a parking space on the side of the road, and as a result, the motorcycle crashed and died, and the owner had to pay money. β
Barton was speechless, "That's too unreasonable, isn't it?"
Xiao Peng shrugged: "Who says it's not? So in Huaxia, it is the real vulnerable group who drives a car, and every car must be equipped with a dash cam, the reason for this is to identify the responsibility for the first time in the event of an accident and reduce the responsibility." β
Barton thought for a moment: "If you think about it, it seems to make sense, cars have insurance, right? If you really pass the insurance, then the car owner won't have too much financial loss, right?"
"Huh. Xiao Pengpi said with a smile: "Barton, you still don't know about Huaxia, now Huaxia is prevalent in the 'sharing economy', there are countless kinds of shared bicycles, and the takeaway industry is also developed, which also messes up the city's traffic when providing convenience." Because this law and regulation has also caused a lot of social problems, such as bicycles and motorcycles do not obey traffic rules, such as 'Chinese-style crossing the road', many pedestrians cross the road without looking at the traffic lights, why is this happening? Just because they have a concept in their minds: 'Drivers don't dare to hit me'! There are still many people who touch porcelain, and they really dare to drill under the wheels! Why is this happening? That is, because they have money anyway, what are they afraid of? Therefore, in some sense, the motorcycle restriction is the only regulation that protects car owners. β
Barton listened: "Speaking of which, you Huaxia also have a lot of problems to solve. β
Xiao Peng smiled and said: "That's for sure, in fact, why do so many countries feel that Huaxia is very threatening? The reason is very simple, the real development of Huaxia is more than 30 years, it only took more than 30 years, Huaxia from a poor and backward country, to become the world's second largest economy, and the rapid development of the economy, resulting in a lot of the original legal provisions are no longer in line with the times, Huaxia is also crossing the river by feeling the stones, changing while moving forward, and some crimes that do not conform to the times have been canceled, such as what hooligan-crime, The crimes of speculation, speculation, prostitution, lodging, and underage girls have all been banned, and at the same time, many crimes that are in line with the current national conditions have been added, such as the crimes of race-ethnicity, extremism, and cheating in examinations. Isn't it true that the law should also evolve with the times and improve with the times? A lot of things come step by step, just like when you were blacks and slaves in the earliest days of the Stars and Stripes, right?"
Patton thought for a moment: "No wonder our President Nixon once said that being the leader of China is the happiest thing in the world, don't you all know about rebellion? If such a thing had been put in China, we would have started marching and protesting a long time ago, and we would have to fight for our own rights and interests." β
Xiao Peng smiled slightly: "Hehe, what about the result? What has changed after you have fought for a long time? Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in 1963, more than half a century has passed, racial discrimination is still a problem that you can't solve, China is also a multi-ethnic country, but compared with you, the Chinese people are really much more stable." At least in China, racism and extremism are not allowed by law, and it is not like you, even the 'KKK Party' dares to openly go to the streets to rally, isn't this the source of chaos?"
The KKK Party is really the most notorious racist organization in the United States, and it is also the oldest and largest racist organization, pursuing white supremacy and discriminating against people of color. Founded in 1866 just after the Civil War, this group was formed in 1866 by veterans of the defeated Confederate Army to carry out atrocities against blacks.
In 1871, then-President Grant signed a bill to forcibly ban the KKK Party, but there were still many similar atrocities.
The KKK Party was finally the president of the Migrant Nation, but it was reborn at the instigation of another president, and at the urging of President Wilson, a film promoting the KKK Party was shown in the White House, and William Simmons immediately re-established the organization and grew rapidly. Just a few years later, with four million party members!
And the image of the KKK party still appears in countless film and television works: a white robe, a white masked triangular hat that only shows two eyes, as terrifying as it can be, and they also have a special operational department, called the Black Legion. Dressed in a black pirate suit, he is notorious for assault and assassination!
Since the beginning of the sixties, people have begun to rebel against the KKK Party, and although the KKK Party is aggressive, it has been found that the KKK Party is often at a disadvantage in lawsuits. The party also became less and less in decline, slowly transforming into other organizations for people of color, such as 'Christian Identity,' 'Sin-Na-Pure,' skinheads, and others.
Originally, the KKK Party had almost disappeared, but the large-scale demonstrations against the government's revision of the stricter immigration law that were first launched in New York some time ago and later spread throughout the country became an important trigger for the KKKK Party's comeback. At present, there are about 72 branches of the KKK party in the United States, and it was they who caused the racial conflict that occurred in Virginia a few days ago.
Barton smiled bitterly: "Xiao, please believe me, although I am white, I am really not a member of the KKK Party, and I hate them, not all white people are KKK Party." They are, after all, a minority. β
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Of course I know, after all, not everyone is ignorant. β
Barton yelled, "Damn the government, why don't you ban the existence of these bed bugs!"
Xiao Peng smiled: "This is where you are inferior to China compared to our Huaxia, there are indeed many problems in Huaxia, but they have been constantly revised, such racism, extremism, terrorism, and other things are not allowed by law in Huaxia, but what about you? The constitutional principle is unshakable, and the constitution was born in 1787 and has only been amended 27 times so far! Can you not fall behind? According to your constitution, freedom of speech must be guaranteed. How can the KKK Party ban speech that advocates violence or lawlessness if it has a 'clear and immediate' threat and that the claim is likely to give rise to such an 'immediate' threat?"
Barton was silent for a long time and said, "Actually, when I was younger, I joined the ACLU. β
Xiao Peng didn't understand: "ACLU?
"The ACLU is the Stars and Stripes Civil Liberties Union, a non-profit civil rights organization founded in 1920, and when I was younger, I thought it would be cool to join them and work to defend civil rights under the Constitution, and we were also supporting the KKK Party at the time, and I thought it was easy to defend speech that most people could justify, but the most important thing to protect free speech was to protect those words that most people found disgusting," Barton explained. As a result, I later found out that what is wrong is wrong, and when these erroneous statements form a scale, it is our country and us ordinary people who will ultimately bear the consequences. β
Xiao Peng nodded: "Your country says all day long that we Chinese people have no power, and that we Chinese people have no speech-theory-freedom, just compare the two countries, one is stable and the other is in constant trouble." β
Barton thought for a moment, "Hearing you say that, I really wish I could change the constitution and ban all those damn illegal organizations." β
Xiao Peng asked curiously: "If you were to ban it, would you ban the KKK Party first?"
Barton shook his head, "No! I'll ban the damn hell angels first!"