Hirtius
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Slinging Rocks!
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I know it would be extremely controversial posting the link, so I won’t, but there’s actually a video that shows a person being hit in the head with a sling stone. It’s on YouTube from Chiaraje 2016.
A man who is slinging is blindsided by a stone to the side of the head, instantly incapacitating him. He’s still alive and tries to get up, but falls over. I know it’s a cultural event, but it’s quite sickening to watch because of the way he’s treated as he’s down. One of his garments is taken and people whip him with slings or flails while he stumbles around. It takes a few minutes to drag him off of the battlefield. I hope he survived.
Like I said, I know it’s a cultural event, but there are so many disrespects happening there. More relevant for this site, I don’t think the sling is respected. A lot of the slingers from Chiaraje look like amateurs, and I’d guess they have relatively few injuries and deaths because of that.
Anyways enough ranting about that. Imagine an actual battle. A sling stone is a slow, disorienting, and probably frightening way to go. I guess any way to die in battle is terrifying, sling stones just have a different brand of bad.
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