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Word of the Day: Deathtrap
I assure you it is not by pure coincidence that I write about the term ‘deathtrap‘ on the day before All Hollow’s Eve.
Can you think of anything scarier than living with your family, the people you love most in the world, in a deathtrap?
How about driving one?
Fortunately, if you are in Japan, there is a smaller chance that your home or vehicle is a deathtrap than if you were living in another country.
Yes, there is poverty here, but it is nowhere near the levels experienced in other countries.
Before I go any further, let me explain what a deathtrap is.
It’s something such as a workplace, home or vehicle that is extremely dangerous.
In fact, so dangerous that it could kill you.
Imagine driving a vehicle with faulty brakes or seatbelts that did not work correctly.
In most advanced countries, that vehicle would be condemned and not allowed to operate on public roads.
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Did you know that many people, not only in less developed countries but actually in world-class cities like New York or Toronto, live in deathtraps full time?
They are the victims of what is called deadbeat landlords.
These property owners refuse to invest money into the properties to keep them up to spec.
We often envision old, dilapidated mansions haunted by murderous ghosts of every imaginable kind at Halloween time.
That is one form of a deathtrap.
Unfortunately, life for some means living in a haunted deathtrap of another kind that could literally kill them.
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