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    Quote Originally Posted by CNN
    A stampede during one of the last rituals of the Hajj season -- the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca -- has killed more than 700 people and injured 800 others in Saudi Arabia. The stampede occurred Thursday morning during the ritual known as "stoning the devil" in the tent city of Mina, about 2 miles from Mecca, Islam's holiest city.
    Sad stuff. What a dumb way to die.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fallen View Post
    Sad stuff. What a dumb way to die.
    They were probably asking for it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fallen View Post
    Sad stuff. What a dumb way to die.
    Yeah. That's a lot of people going to hell at the same time. Bet there was a wait.

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    Apparently stampedes like that happen every few years over there. 700 is the worst that I've heard about though.

    Nm 1400+ died in one in 1990.
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    Blood for the blood god!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fallen View Post
    Sad stuff. What a dumb way to die.
    Maybe not so sad, about 700 less potential terrorists in the world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Atlanteax View Post
    Maybe not so sad, about 700 less potential terrorists in the world.

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    Yeah, not enough facepalm exists for that one.
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    Paper got rejected, fuck you very much Journal of Bacteriology.
    "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

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    Quote Originally Posted by darkcipher View Post
    Paper got rejected, fuck you very much Journal of Bacteriology.
    Ha ha. Don't you hate that shit?

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