AP: "Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are endangering lives"

[DrLeftover]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two groups of men stood on opposite rooftops perched on a hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema beach, taunting one another. It was a macho showdown between opponents wielding unlikely weapons — kites.

On this July morning in the impoverished neighborhood, they were using taut, sharp-edged kite lines — known as “cerol” in Portuguese — to slash their opponents’ lines, ripping their kites from the sky.

Kite fighting has caused horrific injuries and even deaths, and a bill moving through Brazil’s Congress is seeking to prohibit the manufacture, sale and use of the razor-sharp lines nationwide, with violators facing one to three years in prison and a hefty fine.

Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are endangering lives and prompting a push for a national ban

Kites soaring through the sky are a common sight across Brazil, and are particularly popular in Rio’s low-income communities known as favelas.

apnews.com

 

[Webster]

Just as there's a Rule 34, @DrLeftover, there's certainly a Rule 35: if something exists, people will use it to fight one another with.

 

[DrLeftover]

Just as there's a Rule 34, @DrLeftover, there's certainly a Rule 35: if something exists, people will use it to fight one another with.

such as:

 

[Webster]

such as:

#Rule35
#JustSaying