How stupid was the Four Pests Campaign?
>>1234245
The communist party elite knew it was pointless. It was a way to distract the plebs during a political purge.
>>1234245
Was it really that the sparrows allowed a locust boom? As a student of ecology it seems a bit unlikely. Sparrows only eat insects during breeding season. Other birds eat much more insects.
>>1234317
*Killing of.
>>1234317
They killed more birds than just sparrows. In some rural portions they literally killed any birds they could find.
>>1234245
Hella stupid.
YOU BIRRD
YOU BINGA GREAT SHAME TO MIDDOR KINGDOM
YOU DIE AND BECOME FOOD FOR ANCESTORS GHOSTS
>>1234317
And they killed those birds too. Peasants aren't exactly known for their zoology prowess.
Alright can we stop pretending the gypsies have anything to do with actual china from thousands of years ago
>>1234436
>gypsies
Huh?
>Some sparrows found "political asylum" on the extraterritorial premises of various diplomatic missions in China. The personnel of the Polish embassy in Beijing denied the Chinese request of entering the premises of the embassy to scare away the sparrows who were hiding there and as a result the embassy was surrounded by people with drums.
>>1234484
>After two days of constant drumming, the Poles had to use shovels to clear the embassy of dead sparrows
Rip In Peace