Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Two Year Old Chinese Boy Lights And Smokes A Cigarette

I am not sure why this video has not taken off in the world of viral videos. Last I checked only 5,000 people had viewed it. In the video, a two year old boy is sitting on the handlebar of his parents bike and lights a cigarette with a lighter and then proceeds to spend the next two minutes smoking it like he has had a hundred of them in the past. Obviously they don't have child safety locks on their lighters in China. The video absolutely blows my mind and I wish there was something we could do to turn in the parents for abusing their child in this way. The way the child handles and smokes the cigarette is very practiced and so I kept looking to see if it is some kind of camera trick. I think it is real though. Take a look and judge for yourself. I can't remember what Facebook friend I took this from last night, but whoever you are, thank you.

32 comments:

Pookie said...

you know, there are many of us that would give anything to have a little wee one to love and cherish. to see this blatant abuse by these vile adults disgusts me to the very core of my soul.

pls tell me there are laws in china that will intervene and protect the little guy.

RocketQueen said...

Yeah, this is making the rounds on facebook. Crazy.

Merlin D. Bear said...

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
If it's not a fake, doesn't China have some sort of child protection agency? Even Communist?
I'm going to put on my Pollyanna glasses and say that it's all computer generated graphics and it's a fake. That's my story and I'm going to stick to it.
The truth is too appalling to consider.

jlb said...

The horrible thing is that I'm sure this has happened in countless 'homes' around the world - people who look on their children as toys and playthings. Look at the trick my kid can do. Sick fucks.

AnonMom said...

I saw something similar to this on a documentary about Korea a few years ago, and a five year old little boy was smoking away. His parent's were struggling, I mean, just having a terrible time of making it, and they didn't discourage it, because it was one of the few things they could give their child that would comfort him.

The larger issue is the poor state of human welfare, and the fact that in certain parts of the world, cigarettes are a lot cheaper and easier for people to acquire than other things that would benefit their health.

bflogurl said...

OMG.

Seriously? What the F%$& is wrong with these people? Anyone here able to translate what the are saying??

I can only pray they find out who this kid is and beat the living crap out of whoever is responsible for this =( So Sad.

mngddess said...

It would be hilarious is this turned out to be a 36 year old midget....

Trixie said...

I saw this a couple of weeks ago. Apparently this kid started when he was 6 MONTHS OLD!!! He was having a lot of toothing pain and so the parents started him smoking to dull the pain.

I'm not sure what the child protective laws are in China, but I would imagine that they aren't upheld like they are here.

Vanessa said...

I'm sorry but the video is hilarious.

Mr. T said...

How appalling!! What parents would let their smoke lights when they could be enjoying the full flavor of Pall Mall cigarettes?

jax said...

i'm equally digusted and impressed by this kids skills! terrible!!!

i also heard that this happens a lot in poor countries to subdue hunger pains. great, half of Africa is succumbing to the SuperModel diet.

pomme said...

terrible!

Ms Cool said...

I couldn't finish watching it.

I'm sorry Pookie to hear of your troubles.

Guttersnipey said...

God. Um.

Well, on the BRIGHT side, this kid will have lungs well-equipped to deal with the atrocious Chinese air pollution.

Right?

ms_wonderland said...

Most kids in China have everything their parents can give them, due to the 'one-child' policy. I suspect the health hazards of smoking are not widely known, and most people smoke. Where do you think Philip Morris, BAT and all the other tobacco companies make their profits from, now North America and Europe have wised up?