A fighting leage for “midgets” is hardly PC, but it doesn’t strike me as particularly wrong. Whatever your stand is on the existence of such an organization, it pales in comparison to pitting them against a LION. A fucking LION! It doesn’t say how complicit in the spectacle the fighters were; maybe their judgement was compromised by machismo. I still wonder if there was some level of coercion involved.
I mean, the Cambodian government not only allowed it, but PROFITED from it! “Yeah, we’ll take 50% of your proceeds. That should teach you not to do anything like this again!” What the fuck is this? First century BCE Rome?!
And how in the HELL did they get the lion cleared to be transported for something like this? How did they provoke it? What happened to it afterwards?
I’m not outraged by this, just amazed by the absolute stupidity of it. It’s just wrong on every level.
Apparently it happened in April. Had anyone else heard about this?
Son of a… I had forwarded it to a few people before I noticed the story wasn’t on actually being served from the BBC website. And I am always the one to point people to snopes first…
The thing that really surprised me the most was the fact that they could even GET a lion. Perhaps with bribes or lying about their reasons they could. I’m sorry I didn’t give the Cambodian government more credit, too.
I have to admit that I laughed when I first read it. I felt guilty about that, but now it’s not so bad.
And just to be clear, I mean that NOW I will prank people with it. Let me say that I honestly thought it was the real deal when my friend first sent me the link.
