One Reason Why Cambodians Are Slim Shady
When I think of Cambodia, I think of massive sweatshops & an impoverished society crippled by disease, malnutrition & over dependence on western nations.
Until very recently (as of 9:45AM today), I learned that Cambodia has (or had, as we’ll soon learn) a national league tagged the CMFL (a.k.a. Cambodian Midget Fighting League). Since I have a sick infatuation with dwarfs, I started the article w/ great excitement, in hopes for a link to a website where I could check out footage of the CMFL in action.
To my disappointment, the title of the article shot down my hopes very quickly. It reads,
Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight: Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion [BBC]
I have to admit, at first I had mixed feelings. It was an odd mixture of emotions ranging from “Oh my God, where can I download the video” to “Damn, that sucks!” Of course, just having a CMFL makes the Cambodians pretty shady, but look at the government’s initial response to the absurd proposal of having 42 midgets go against a wild, African lion.
The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena.
At least they were smart enough to not allow cameras.
To the satanic delight of those who had big money on the beast, the fight ended in their favor.
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.[BBC]
Ouch.
UPDATE: Fortunately/unfortunately this is a fake, but the Cambodians are still pretty shady people.
