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Old January 22nd, 2013 #1
Stronza
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Question Snowball fights banned in Belgium!!

Read all about it here:

http://rt.com/news/snowball-fights-banned-belgium-525/

Throwing a snowball could cost you 100 euro – if you do so in Flanders. Local authorities in Belgium’s Flemish region have outlawed the game, with fines and policemen to enforce the ban.

*Several municipalities in the Belgian region of Flanders have decided that a fine of up to 100 euro should be paid by those starting a snowball fight. Such games put children’s, as well as adults’ health at risk, local officials explained, as cited by De Standaard. They went on to compare the snowball fights to throwing stones.

Local media outlets have mused the fines may be used to bolster the budgets for regional authorities.

Ironically, the region appears to be no stranger to such an activity, with the Flemish city of Leuven once boasting the title of the ‘snowball capital’ after one of the largest snowball fights in history took place in the area.

Some 5,700 Belgian students engaged in a huge snowball fight in October 2009 to break the world record, which required 120 tons of snow to be shipped to the city’s central square.

Heavy snowfall in Belgium has grounded flights and temporarily forced schools to close.

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Could this maybe be some kind of a joke, you know, like the articles on The Onion?
 
Old January 22nd, 2013 #2
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They've had snowball fights banned at a lot of public schools for ages now, with the concern being that hard bits of ice in the snowballs might poke someone's eye (at least that's what they told us back in the day).

We weren't even allowed to build forts because apparently it caused too much of a commotion, what with us stealing snowballs from other forts. Once at recess the teachers enlisted older students to physically knock them all down, and there was nothing we could do.

I can just picture Belgium officers trying to enforce this on unruly snowball fighting enthusiasts, only to be pelted with a volley of snowballs as the culprits escape.

 
Old January 23rd, 2013 #3
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Can't have any fun unless it's sanctioned by the state. They did this without government approval.
 
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