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The Verge

Those passing through Kiwanis Park on Sunday afternoons might wonder why people dressed in chain mail are holding shields and attacking each other with swords and other medieval weaponry. Have the fighting knights of time's past conjured themselves up from the grave to wage war on Charleston's lush battlefields? Not quite.

Regulation is a bloody mess When an autistic child enslaves an entire neighborhood by summoning up his favorite cartoon cowboys and unleashing them on the innocent, things can only go downhill. Along the way limbs will be lost, heads will be blown open and blood will be splashed.

Piercings here to stay

In today's society there are so many ways to express one's individuality. Many people do so through fashion, hairstyle, tattoos and, my personal avenue of choice, piercings. According to a recent article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, a 2004 poll by Harris Interactive showed that 16 percent of adults have at least one tattoo and the numbers rise in younger people.

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