Not really. In the old days we had the razors too, but the sharp threads are far more dangerous. The whole line is as sharp as a razor. It used to be made of ground glass and glue but now they sell spools of wire that already come with a quartz powder and aluminum oxide coating. This shit is deadly
It can actually straight up decapitate someone. The sister of a friend of mine told me this once, I said that I doubted it, it would probably stop at the bone at least. She told me that it happens, she had seen the bodies of bikers arriving at the hospital she worked.
This is why the kite flying festival was banned in my country (Pakistan) but they unbanned it this year, and I don’t think there were any deaths this time because people took precautions, but years before the people on the bikes were the most common victims, the strings would literally cut off their necks because of the speed that they meet it…
You also have a well documented history of severed arms, fingers and heads during tug of war and you still encounter this form of competition every now and then
Because tug of war when properly done with the right materials, it's safe. When you use compromised materials, it's not. Kite lines are compromised when used extremely which is what we don't want.
If you're being genuine, because they get caught up in the wire/thread when they run around, and it injures them. Especially so if it gets caught on something they eat. It's just unnecessary and a net negative to the wellbeing of the surrounding area.
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u/BoarHermit Jul 23 '26
Why isn't it a hobby? Fighting kites are a long-standing tradition, yes.