# The Anti-Kite Flying Democratic Front

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-kite-flying-democratic-front/348201>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 13, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-kite-flying-democratic-front/348201 "2006-03-13T17:55:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-kite-flying-democratic-front/348201/1 "2006-03-13T17:55:40Z")

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Just browsing through the _New York Times_, and found reference to the above-cited party. Believe it or not, it’s a real organization, confronting a real problem: lethal kite string. Not a problem where you live? Count yourself lucky that you don’t live in Pakistan. That country seems to perfectly illustrate the maxim that when it rains, it pours.

Here’s the [article](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/11/international/asia/11kites.html). (You may need to register to read it; if you’re not registered, try [bugmenot.com](http://bugmenot.com).)

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**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-kite-flying-democratic-front/348201/2 "2006-03-13T18:29:44Z")

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Huh. So when the Taliban banned kite-flying, they weren’t just being killjoy assholes? (that time, at least)

Go figure.

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**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-kite-flying-democratic-front/348201/3 "2006-03-13T22:59:03Z")

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So…if we can’t fly kites…do the terrorists win? Or are the kite-flyers the terrorists? I’m so confused!

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-kite-flying-democratic-front/348201/4 "2006-03-13T23:05:33Z")

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Kite…duels? And I thought the idea of full-contact bowling was odd.