# Klansman injured in initiation ceremony **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 25, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148 "2003-11-25T07:02:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/1 "2003-11-25T07:02:23Z")
[From CNN:](http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/11/24/klan.initiation.ap/index.html) > [@](#): > > JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee (AP) – A bullet fired in the air during a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony came down and struck a participant in the head, critically injuring him, authorities said. HA-ha! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/2 "2003-11-25T07:39:36Z")
Sounds like a possible candidate for a Darwin Award! Or, technically, would that require that it be a bullet he fired from his own gun? ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/3 "2003-11-25T07:45:39Z")
considering he let them tie him up blindfold him put a noose around his neck while they fired paintballs at him he wouldn’t count as an innocent bystander. So I think he would have a valid run at an award. ---
**Author:** ![terd\_ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@terd\_ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terd_ferguson)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/4 "2003-11-25T08:12:29Z")
That’s just God thinning the herd. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/5 "2003-11-25T08:19:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Darkhold \* > \*\*considering he let them tie him up blindfold him put a noose around his neck while they fired paintballs at him he wouldn’t count as an innocent bystander. So I think he would have a valid run at an award. \*\* AFAICan tell, the inductee’s not the person who was injured. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/6 "2003-11-25T08:21:08Z")
You’re right I just saw ‘participant’ and thought they meant the inductee. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/7 "2003-11-25T08:23:24Z")
On the one hand, I think schadenfreude is an afflictive state. On the other hand, I think it’s a damn shame the bullet couldn’t fragment into several equally-injurious pieces for each adult head in the rally. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/8 "2003-11-25T09:04:50Z")
Black bullets taking revenge on a white asshole … it’s Helter Skelter! Aaaaah! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/9 "2003-11-25T09:15:29Z")
To quote a long-dead and not-all-that-good- Britcom - Oh dear How sad Never mind 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/10 "2003-11-25T09:22:37Z")
Shouldn’t laugh. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/11 "2003-11-25T10:45:00Z")
I’m amazed these kind of things don’t happen more. All those guys around the world pumping bullets into the air with AK’s. They don’t go into orbit you know :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/12 "2003-11-25T10:53:43Z")
**Yojimbo** , a science teacher I had some years ago made a similar remark. Does anyone know how often this happens? Maybe guess in parades and such, people are smart enough to use blanks… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/13 "2003-11-25T11:06:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\ ***Yojimbo** , a science teacher I had some years ago made a similar remark. Does anyone know how often this happens? Maybe guess in parades and such, people are smart enough to use blanks… \*\* This is a major problem in the Philippines every new year’s eve, where thousands of guns are fired into the air - dozens of people get hit by returning bullets every year. Mind you, that problem pales into insignificance next to the home-made firecrackers made of bamboo filled with explosives and cowshit (as a catalyst). Imagine - shards of shit-encrusted bamboo piercing one’s skin). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/14 "2003-11-25T11:25:32Z")
::Crosses the Philippines off his “Places to Visit” list:: ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/15 "2003-11-25T12:02:42Z")
Is it a bad thing that this event induces in me a kind of satisfied feeling? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/16 "2003-11-25T13:12:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*::Crosses the Philippines off his “Places to Visit” list:: \*\* Friends of mine went to celebrate New Year in Manila, and the hotelier warned them not to leave the hotel, and to stay away from the windows. For their entire 3-day break… It’s great at other times, however! ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/17 "2003-11-25T13:20:09Z")
I wish the KKK would let outsiders come up with their initiation ceremonies. I’d do a much better job of inventing humiliating and painful rituals than they ever could. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/18 "2003-11-25T13:53:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*… > > home-made firecrackers made of bamboo filled with explosives and cowshit (as a catalyst). Imagine - shards of shit-encrusted bamboo piercing one’s skin). \*\* Sort of a case of the shit hitting the fanny (Celyn choosing that to be in the U.S. sense for once) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/19 "2003-11-25T13:56:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Mind you, that problem pales into insignificance next to the home-made firecrackers made of bamboo filled with explosives and cowshit (as a catalyst). Imagine - shards of shit-encrusted bamboo piercing one’s skin). \*\* Suddenly, Halloween in Dublin doesn’t seem so bad after all. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klansman-injured-in-initiation-ceremony/215148/20 "2003-11-25T15:02:59Z")
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