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Reminds me of the South Korea 1988 Olympics open. Human traditions are cosmic horrors for birds.
https://youtu.be/NxxbLJp_qLs
Oh my fucking god these assholes.
It was really unfortunate. I think sadly the torchbearers probably felt pretty locked in and just followed through. Perhaps they assumed the doves would fly away. Regardless I believe that real doves stopped being used shortly after this ceremony!
Exhibit B: Baseball player Randy Johnson's unfortunate pitch timing.