Moral Officials?

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www.stuff.co.nz/4112537a4560.html

China plans to sack all officials found to have secretly "kept and supported" mistresses, in a move aimed at raising social morals, state media reported on Friday.
The step hardens up previous policy.
"It is a misunderstanding that officials who have mistresses would only be sacked when the situation is serious," the Beijing News quoted a Ministry of Personnel spokesman as saying.
Mistresses and "second wives" are common among government officials and businessmen in China, and Chinese media have said the financial pressures of keeping mistresses have driven some officials to seek money through bribes or abuse of power.
Corrupt officials are a major cause of public outrage in China, and the country's Communist rulers have warned that if graft is not checked it could threaten the party's grip on power.
The ministry said it had studied the issue and found it "necessary to make a clarification and emphasis" on the punishment for officials who supported mistresses.
"The morality of government officials shown in their management or power operation. . . directly affects the moral level of the whole society," the spokesman was quoted as saying.
"Therefore, officials should set up good examples, and abide by social morality rules."
Last year, a Chinese vice admiral was jailed for life on embezzlement charges after one of his many mistresses blew the whistle on him when he refused to give in to her demand for money.

[spike99]

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Thanks for sharing this one....

From a guy's first impression, having more then 1 wife around sounds like a great idea. More then one person to clean the house, more then one person to cook the meals and if one becomes ill, the remaining healthy wife can look after the ill wife. I'm sure there's other benefits that come to mind as well. Kinda wild and this situation would probably keep a smile on the guy's face for a long time. (if you know what I mean).

After the same guy thinks about it for a while.... He'd have to keep the toliet seat down all the time, he'll have to give them both money (to buy make up and such) and would have to do other things for each of them. Or, avoid each of them during certain times of the month. For me, I have enough struggles dropping everything and running to my wife's aid. Or, building the things my wife wants built. I just can't imaging 2 (or more) wive's yelling at me to do something or come running to their aid - at the same time... Having 1 wife is stressful enough.

In the end, that famous saying comes to mind.... "Be careful what you wish for. The long term outcome isn't always what you expected". I'm sure the Chinese Vice Admiral who was jailed for life is saying the same thing today - as he sits in his 8x8 jail cell.

Something to think of....

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