July 13, 2004
Asian Lemmings
In a strange attempt to get their way, a group of 23 petitioners in Beijing climbed atop a building next to the Supreme court and threatened to all jump in an attempt to get their demands met.
Normally, when you try and bargain with someone, you try and keep yourself in the equation. Apparently the Chinese government didn't see this opportunity to win the battle with these 23 darwin candidates, but instead placed "large safety cushions to prevent death."
While standing up there for 5 hours, it never occured to them that it might be fun to take advantage of this "large safety cushions to prevent death" try some base jumping. Instead, all of them were taken into police custody and taken in for questioning.
Posted by Bryant at July 13, 2004 09:23 AM