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Pakistani kite massacre festival


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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/26/...in2514554.shtml

 

I am truly fascinated by this phenomenom. Every year lots of people end up dead or severely injured, and yet they never seem to learn that coating kite strings with glass is a bad idea. Oh yeah, and bonus points for firing into the sky near crowded areas, as well.

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I always love hearing about their kite festivals. Especially the ones they have on the border with India.

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Human stupidity at its finest.

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The festival is regularly marred by casualties caused by sharp kite strings or celebratory gunshots fired into the air.

 

Well, what goes up sooner or later must come down.

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Anybody have any idea where to look for statistics for fireworks/explosives related deaths on Independence day?

 

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I blame violent video games.

 

Or.

 

Sounds like a serious case of kite cancer.

I blame Mary Poppins. Let's go fly a kite, indeed! 8)

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@\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?"

Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy."

Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand"

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Kite flyers often use strings made of wire or coated with ground glass to try to cross and cut a rival's string or damage the other kite, often after betting on the outcome.

Come on, it does sound rather fun, doesn't it? Is there a video game verson yet? Kite Warriors 2, or something along those lines. And when will Jack Thompson tackle the kite-flying menace?

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I think independence day deaths just reinforce the notion that we shouldn't try retaking the colony yet. Shows determination and aggression on your part.

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