No Spitting!

With SARS gradually passing its peak, more and more people take off their gauze masks. Theyfeel released and have more freedom to breathe in fresh air. However, a certain number ofpeople have restored their bad habit and start to spit everywhere. Now and then, whether inthe street, or on the bus, or in city gardens, we will see some people, the fine ladies andgentlemen, spitting without feeling a bit ashamed as shown in the picture. When shown the "nospitting!" sign, they just turn a blind eye to it. Still worse, people around have to be on guardagainst the sudden at tack of "spits hot" from the spitters.

Spitting is a terrible habit. For one thing, it is entirely uncivilized. The world has entered the 21st century and human civilization has reached a more advanced stage. Why can't thosepeople remove this ugly habit? Is it because they think the earth is a gigantic spit toon? Foranother thing, spitting does great harm to public health. According to chemical laboratory test, one sputum contains thousands upon thousands of germs and SARS viruses if the spitter is aSARS sufferer. As was reported, the Beijing municipal government once mobilized an army of athousand sanitation workers to clean out the mess in Tian An Men Square.

For people to get rid of this uncivilized behaviour, we suggest local authorities strengtheneducation by publicizing the harmfulness of spitting, and at the same time, enforce the law ofpunishment.

Finally, we, citizens of the earth, must be self-disciplined, love our mother earth and don'tdirty her.