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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=1&u=/ap/taiwan_food_fight

TAIPEI, Taiwan - They've fought with fists. They've thrown paper at each other. And on Tuesday, Taiwan's rowdy lawmakers had an old-fashioned food fight.


Legislators began chucking white cardboard takeout lunch boxes full of rice, meat, hard-boiled eggs and vegetables at each other during a heated debate over whether Taiwan should spend billions on weapons sold by the United States.


It was difficult to figure out who started the battle. Local TV showed the legislators yelling at each other as they sat at long tables in a committee room during a lunch meeting.


Opposition lawmaker Chu Fong-chi stood up and began shouting at ruling party lawmakers when she appeared to duck to avoid being hit by an object. She picked up a lunch box and flung it across the room at legislator Chen Chong-yi of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.


Chen grabbed a lunch box and tossed it back at Chu, who had what appeared to be food stains down the back of her blouse. "My whole body smells like a lunch box!" she shrieked to TV cameras covering the melee.


The food fight, which lasted just minutes, left tabletops, chairs and the floor littered with rice and chunks of hard-boiled eggs.


Fisticuffs were common in the legislature during the late 1980s and early '90s in the newly democratic Taiwan. But in recent years, lawmakers have become less violent, although tempers flare almost daily. Yelling, insults and other uncivil behavior is part of the political culture.

ROFL. I'd love to see a video of it.

 

[Zaptruder]

lol.

In taiwan, one of the credentials of a good politician includes effectively demonstrating melee combat skills.

 

[Phoenix]

I can see the ads now....

"We can't have X as President. Do you want a President that gets his ass kicked daily on capitol hill! I know I don't"

 

[Diablos]

I would love to see some pics and/or video...

 

[Drozmight]

Haha, these guys should be required to smoke a few blunts before entering parliament.

 

[videogamer]

China is just going to use this for more propaganda.

at silly lawmakers

 

[Shinobi]

They should sell tickets to the general public for these sessions...they'd make a mint.

 

[MIMIC]

:lol My Taiwanese roommate is gonna love this.

 

[NetMapel]

I just lost my faith in my Taiwanese heritage

 

[Drozmight]

I bet it was like Kill BIll Volume 1, *throws box of rice and yells "F*ckface!"*

Then another dude pulle dout a fan and started faning his face frantically.

 

[Ripclawe]

FUCK YOU!!!!!

Taiwan lawmaker Chen Tsung-yi (L) from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party throws a book at opposition legislators after a food fight erupted in parliament, October 26, 2004. The lawmakers hurled their lunch boxes at each other in a quarrel over whether to include an $18 billion U.S. arms budget on the legislative agenda for Friday. (Reuters)


AP photos and Reuters disappoint me. this is the only pic so far.

 

[NetMapel]

Stupid DDP always start the fight in parliment. Do they have no shame ?

 

[Vormund]

I just lost my faith in my Taiwanese heritage

Don't they have frequent fights in parliament?

Taiwanese parliament is awesome. Women get in on it too.

 

[Dyne]

This is my new avatar.

 

[El Papa]

If they were throwing around Hainan ji fan, I'm so there.

 

[Jak140]

They just showed a video on CNN Headline News.

 

[Cool]

They just showed a video on CNN Headline News.

DAMMIT! Anyone find a URL yet?

 

[Scrow]

this was on Australian news about an hour ago. funny stuff