Battle Wounds
01Dec06
Paintball is a brilliant sport. It challenges your tactical skills and team work. It brings you against your mates and most importantly, paintball leaves you with fond memories in the shape of a nice red mark.
It is also worth noting, that the wounds in the above images were acquired from rubber bullets shot by Ecuadorian police. I was over in Quito in Ecuador last week fighting for the rights of their people , and water cannons were used to try and stop the riot. However the police could not control us and we were pelted with rubber bullets. Read the news if you missed it. This is merely an example of what is comparable to the impact that paintballs can do to you. More images here
Great to see you’re getting active in the Ecuadorian society – I have a sponsor child there and was thinking of joining some protests also, to show I cared. What are your thoughts on the recent election results?
I don’t believe the election results were beneficial to the people of Ecuador… there will be an ongoing crisis and unless action is taken the people will suffer. Ecuador has suffered its worst economic crisis, with natural disasters and sharp declines in world petroleum prices driving Ecuador’s economy into free fall. Ecuador’s GDP has contracted by more than 6%, with poverty worsening significantly. (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ec.html, 2006)