After reading this, it is quite clear that there is a lot wrong in this world. 11 people are killed at a kite festival? Seriously? WTF? That's unbelievable. Wire kite strings? Glass-coated kite strings? Celebratory gunshots? For a kite festival? Really? Damn.
Apparently the Pakistani government made kite flying illegal after there were a bunch of deaths at the '06 version, only to lift the ban just before the '07 games. They say hindsight is 20/20, but what does foresight equal?
Supposedly there's a movie coming out about the Afghanistan Kite Festivals that is based on the book "Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (buy it here). The movie is getting quite a lot of rave reviews from those that have pre-viewed it. I guess I'm just going to have to add it to the ol' Netflix queue.
Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is that we (The good ol' US of frickin' A) probably shouldn't be anywhere where they take something as simple as kite flying this seriously.
So, now I have added my two-cents worth on our military presence in pretty much any place in the world. We really, really, REALLY need to bring our kids home. I'll admit that I'm not on the right side of the fence. I'll admit that I have never been in favor of us being in Iraq. But I just gotta say folks, that we're not playing on the same field as the people we're helping/invading/democratizing/whatever. People die at their kite festivals. That's like people getting killed at Westminster or something.
Oh, I'll bet you're wondering about the "Kite Man" from the blog title? Well, if you grew up in the Northwest in the late 70's, you'll definitely remember Pacific Power's "Kite Man" PSA's. I think he was trying to tell us to be more safe with kites, or something, but every time we tried to fly a kite in Portland, there wasn't enough wind or we just plain sucked at kite flying. Anyway, at one point the Kite Man says, "What if your kite wiiiiiiiiiiinds around a power line?" (With the "wind" really drawn out and syrupy.) The kids all scream, "Call the Kite Man!" It was awesome!
The best part of the whole PSA had to be when the Kite Man asks, "What about frogs?" This little girl replies (cue the classic cute little kid voice), "I like frogs." That's probably my first exposure to a non-sequiter, although at the time I had no idea what a "non-sequiter" was.
Here's an idea...we should all go out and fly our kites in honor of our fallen Pakistani brothers and sisters. Only this time, no razor wire. And no guns. And no war.
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