“Push-ups”的版本间的差异
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俯臥撐 (fǔwòchēng): (do) push-ups | 俯臥撐 (fǔwòchēng): (do) push-ups | ||
− | [[File:pushups.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''A police officer does push-ups to take care of a robbery. (Benxia | + | [[File:pushups.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''A police officer does push-ups to take care of a robbery. (Benxia)'']] A coded critique of any unpersuasive police excuse. The common calisthenics exercise took on new meaning in 2008 when police claimed the son of a government official had not raped a girl, alleging instead that he had been “doing push-ups.” [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/07/netizens-anger-and-humor-against-online-censorship/ Backlash against this suspected cover-up] resulted in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Weng'an_riot Weng’an riot]. |
The young man was alleged to have raped and killed a 16-year-old girl. In an attempt to quell the outcry, police claimed that the boy and girl had been arguing along the bank of a river. When they had calmed down, the boy began to do some push-ups. After he had done three, he heard her say, “I’m going,” after which she jumped into the river and drowned herself. | The young man was alleged to have raped and killed a 16-year-old girl. In an attempt to quell the outcry, police claimed that the boy and girl had been arguing along the bank of a river. When they had calmed down, the boy began to do some push-ups. After he had done three, he heard her say, “I’m going,” after which she jumped into the river and drowned herself. |
2014年8月27日 (三) 18:24的版本
俯臥撐 (fǔwòchēng): (do) push-ups
A coded critique of any unpersuasive police excuse. The common calisthenics exercise took on new meaning in 2008 when police claimed the son of a government official had not raped a girl, alleging instead that he had been “doing push-ups.” Backlash against this suspected cover-up resulted in the Weng’an riot.
The young man was alleged to have raped and killed a 16-year-old girl. In an attempt to quell the outcry, police claimed that the boy and girl had been arguing along the bank of a river. When they had calmed down, the boy began to do some push-ups. After he had done three, he heard her say, “I’m going,” after which she jumped into the river and drowned herself.
Few believed the police account, and a riot ensued involving tens of thousands of people. As the phrase “I was doing push-ups” spread, it has shed much of its political connotation. It no longer has just one definition: sometimes it means “minding one’s own business,” while other times it refers to a nonsensical cause of death.
Other official police accounts of individuals’ deaths have attracted similar scorn. See death from drinking boiled water and death by hide and seek.
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