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China Farmer Fights Eviction With Homemade Cannon

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:42 pm
by Fangs
Since February, farmer Yang Youde, 56, who resides on the outskirts of Wuhan in China's Hubei province, has successfully thwarted two attempts to flatten his home by firing the cannon -- which he crafted out of used stove pipes -- and igniting 2,000 yuan (300 dollars) worth of fireworks toward demolition crews, China Daily reported.
That is cool, more at the link, Including pics!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/1 ... 06626.html

Re: China Farmer Fights Eviction With Homemade Cannon

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:17 pm
by SQLGeek
It's an interesting look at what lengths people will go to try and defend themselves. I find it quite ironic that many of those HuffPo commentators are cheering this man on but in the same breath would decry the 2nd Amendment.