Pro@programming.dev to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThe Taliban has banned a lot of things ... but chess?www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down12cross-posted to: worldnews@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI could see chess being a problem for the Taliban a couple of different ways… First, as in the article, gambling. “Buh, buh, chess isn’t gambling!” Tell that to any number of street chess hustlers in the US, and there are LOTS of them. https://www.chess.com/blog/Rodgy/i-flew-to-new-york-to-play-hustlers Second, graven images. The Taliban takes that seriously, to the point of blowing up Buddha statues.
I could see chess being a problem for the Taliban a couple of different ways…
First, as in the article, gambling.
“Buh, buh, chess isn’t gambling!” Tell that to any number of street chess hustlers in the US, and there are LOTS of them.
https://www.chess.com/blog/Rodgy/i-flew-to-new-york-to-play-hustlers
Second, graven images. The Taliban takes that seriously, to the point of blowing up Buddha statues.