Because of Ipad 2... ???

I will never understand why this kind of incident happened all because of gadget. Although I am not a big fans of gadget stuff, but I do keep myself updated with the news of latest stuffs. I know when it comes to Apple fans, there are always lots of crazy people showing off what they can do with their devices. Unfortunately, when people go beyond sanity, this could happen as it was in the news. From the love towards the device to crime conviction, is just too much.

As written in the news (which I posted below), culprit splashed paint towards people who queue up to buy Ipad2 in front of a computer store in Hong Kong. For whatever reason the culprit might have, he is already a irrational person. Is it really just a revenge attack against the victim as stated in the news, or it is something else. I guess commercialism is evil.... hahaha~

(quoted from http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Crime/Story/A1Story20110523-280159.html)

iPad 2 buyers in HK hit with white paint
THE couple had been queueing for the much-coveted iPad 2 at Kowloon Bay in Hong Kong for almost a full day.

Just as they reached the front of the line, the unexpected happened.

Mr Bai and his wife, along with several other people in the queue, became victims of a paint-splashing attack, reported the Oriental Daily.

The 70-year-old and his wife joined the queue at 7pm on Wednesday at an overhead bridge near the Kowloon Bay subway station and got to the front of the line at4pmthe next day.

They were among five people waiting for their turn to enter the computer shop when a man in his 20s suddenly hurled white paint at Mr Bai.

The culprit fled immediately.

Eight other people near Mr Bai weren't spared. The police confirmed that two men and seven women, including Mr Bai's wife, were splashed with white paint.

Mr Bai and his wife, Madam Mo, 72, Madam Xiao, 66and a 25-year-old Indonesian woman were later sent to hospital for a check-up.

Mr Bai suspected it might be a revenge attack. He said he had quarrelled with two people from mainland China while in the queue on Wednesday night.

He said he and his wife are Hong Kong residents.

They were hoping to buy the iPad 2 devices and sell them to Hong Kong computer resellers. They estimated they could earn HK$200 (S$32) to HK$400 from each unit they sold.

Mr Bai said they had done the same when the iPhone was launched.

Police are investigating the attack.

This is not the first paint attack involving queues for the iPad 2 since its launch in Hong Kong on April 29.

On May 9, a mainland Chinese man was splashed with red paint outside a shopping mall in Sheung Shui.

On May 16, two fights erupted outside a shopping mall in Tuen Mun. Two men and two women were injured.

And customs officers in Huanggang, Hubei province, found 240 iPad 2 devices smuggled in from Hong Kong.

This article was first published in The New Paper.