They had all the time in the world.
On this day in 1969, director Peter R. Hunt shot Tracy Bond’s (Diana Rigg) death scene in ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE in the Arrabida Natural Park, Portugal.
China’s roads expose a brutal economic truth: killing is cheaper than crippling.
In Fuyang, a female driver hits a motorcyclist, then gets out and repeatedly stomps on his head while he’s lying injured on the road. She yells: ‘Don’t play dead! How much money do you want?’
This isn’t just rage — it’s the predictable result of perverse incentives.
Under China’s traffic compensation rules, causing death means a one-time fixed payout (typically death compensation + funeral costs, often equivalent to 20 years of local average income, around ¥500k–1M+ RMB depending on region).
Causing permanent disability can mean lifelong payments: ongoing medical care, nursing fees, lost wages, disability compensation, and more — potentially millions over decades.
A system that makes finishing the job ‘more economical’ than helping the victim reveals deep failures in law, morality, and human value.
When saving a life costs more than ending it, society has a problem.”
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