# Bulldozer Thunderdrome Street Brawl!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-thunderdrome-street-brawl/752649>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 19, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-thunderdrome-street-brawl/752649 "2016-04-19T15:15:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-thunderdrome-street-brawl/752649/1 "2016-04-19T15:15:43Z")

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> **[Bulldozers Battle in Broad Daylight](https://freebeacon.com/culture/bulldozers-battle-china/)**
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> A group of rival Chinese construction workers settled a dispute over a contract by engaging their bulldozers in a battle royal on the streets.

Video and article.

Ordinarily I don’t post much in MPSIMS, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t on this one.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-thunderdrome-street-brawl/752649/2 "2016-04-19T15:32:45Z")

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Shame this didn’t happen in Japan. Because then they would have all joined together into a giant battle robot.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-thunderdrome-street-brawl/752649/3 "2016-04-19T17:03:24Z")

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The Commies let this sort of thing go on? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-thunderdrome-street-brawl/752649/4 "2016-04-19T17:21:59Z")

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Devastator just can’t pull it together anymore.

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-thunderdrome-street-brawl/752649/5 "2016-04-20T03:00:37Z")

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Nitpick: they’re front-end loaders, not bulldozers.

Sheesh, the state of journalism these days…

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-thunderdrome-street-brawl/752649/6 "2016-04-20T03:28:48Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> The Commies let this sort of thing go on? :dubious:

Friend, there are all kinds of fights, riots, and protests in China. They just usually don’t make the news, and especially not the international news.