Shanghaiist: Cheap bus fares to continue after the Olympics, but we'd rather pay a little more for safer buses

booggerg

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:18:21 +0800

what a stupid filler article.. the general perception of blogs being $hitty writing is alive and well here

Fuzi

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:59:24 +0800

The list of bus accidents and tragedies, while disturbing, only seem to provide a "shock value" and no substance to the premise of the article. What do most of these have to do with riding a bus in Shanghai or Beijing? Nothing. Very shoddy journalism, best reserved for the likes of the bottom-feeder tabloids.

Bumix

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:53:00 +0800

The author should have ended the headline where the comma is. What kind of list is presented here anyway?? Some random bus accidents from all parts of the world? Considering how many millions of people took buses during that time, in China and elsewhere, it's still statistically pretty safe.

dedlam

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:44:11 +0800

Actually no, the writer had just read too many articles about buses blowing up, and crashing recently and used the fare story as an excuse to highlight his paranoia about putting his life in the hands of crazy drivers who only occasionally obey traffic rules. You will also find that in a previous article the writer attempted to use the death of an inspection officer to subtly highlight how gross eating dog is. The writer will attempt to keep his conspiracy theories to himself to ensure that there will be no tarnishing of Dan's reputation. (no guarantees there)

yu888

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:23:12 +0800

The trend looks like a writer is trying very hard to put some sort of conspiracy theory in order with some vary vague connections of tragedies that may have involved a bus. Hopefully that is not a trend that writers for Shanghaiist will all go this route...as I really do respect Dan and it would suck to see others tarnish his project so much with poor attempts to generate controversy.