Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight

[Dukkha]

http://www.ltlf.co.uk/bbcnews.htm

Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion

Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight, which took place in the city of Kâmpóng Chhnãng.

The fight was slated when an angry fan contested Yang Sihamoni, President of the CMFL, claiming that one lion could defeat his entire league of 42 fighters.

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The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back.

[kwolf68]

1. Good lord

People are totally fucked up...

[kenny blankenship]

2. Wow, has there ever been

a sadder day in the history of midget exploitation?

(please tell me you're joking)

[cruadin]

3. That is, without a doubt, the strangest story I've ever read.

[MissB]

4. Okay, then.

:shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. I just watched GLADIATOR. The fact that that kind of circus

still goes on is unreal.

[HeeBGBz]

6. I'm speechless

What did they expect would happen? Did these guys get in the ring voluntarily?

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

7. Good Heavens. Are you telling me they cheered for this abomination?

42 human beings maimed and killed by a lion, and they cheered? The worst of Rome yet lives.

[ReadTomPaine]

8. This article is fake.

The URL is the first key - it claims to be BBC but actually references a sports fan site.

On research: It's fake.

URL - http://lionvs40midgets.tripod.com/

From the website:

If you haven't already guessed, the article is fake.

:: Why the article was created:

- The debate:

It was created to 'settle' a dispute between a friend of mine in which he claimed that 40 weaponless midgets could defeat 1 lion in a hypothetical fight. Many of my other friends and I tried to convince him that the lion would definitely win, but he would not back down from his argument. After seeing another fake article posing as BBC about 'zombism' in Cambodia, I got the idea to make this fake news article to try and convince him for the final time. (Please 'Join the debate' at the bottom to express your opinion.)

- How it spread:

The link to where the article was posted was not intended to spread outside of the initial group of guys in the argument, but as I was alerted it had been posted on collegehumor.com, fark.com, and several other web forums, it has spread far beyond that. I honestly don't know how it spread, since the initial link was only (to my knowledge) posted occasionally on my AIM away message, along with a friend of mine's AIM info last week. The article was originally posted the (very early) morning of Wednesday, May 3rd, and from what I've seen, the earliest post of it was on fark.com on Saturday, May 7th at 12:28 AM. Once again, the article was never intended to spread over the internet as it did.

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10. Damn!...

Here I was waiting for the DVD to come out! :smoke:

[ReadTomPaine]

12. Matcom is crying in his cornflakes, I'm sure! n/t

[MrScorpio]

9. Utter insanity

Somebody should pay for this loss of life

Somebody who stood to make money from it.

[ReadTomPaine]

11. See post #8 n/t

[Elidor]

13. If only Dolo Amber were here to enjoy the spectacle!

28 dead midgets. You don't see that every day.