Attempted blinding of Rangers and Scotland starlet at east end park

[wearethepeople1 3,897]

Will we see this headline tomorrow?

Will the spfl representatives have seen this tonight?

[GOAT 30,449]

Who cares?

[Frank Reynolds 3,359]

The headline I want to see is "Successful blinding of Dunfermline XI by Rangers men"

[ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895]

Who cares?

Your a fanny.

[wearethepeople1 3,897]

Considering jail terms are being dished out for signing songs, then I think deserves to be highlighted. Those green laser pens are mental, as strong as fuck. Illegal in the UK I'm sure. Could easily cause loss of sight in an eye

[SteveJ 743]

I wondered what that was. Those Fifers are absolute dickheads

[ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895]

Could have blinded one our players but "who cares" eh.

[JimmyCR1 1,517]

Oh god a laser pen, what next

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Could easily cause loss of sight in an eye

What are the statistics for that?

[wearethepeople1 3,897]

What are the statistics for that?

87% within 30 seconds of exposure

[Corky True Legend 2,682]

Daily rhebel will no doubt claim it was a Rangers fan in a Dunfermline jersey. Personally, I think it was a taig trying to get us into trouble. But again, I'm obsessed.

[FernandoR20 2,133]

Could have blinded one our players but "who cares" eh.

[loyalfollower 1,543]

Never seen anything in the news about these laser pens blinding people. Abit like the myth that mobile phones cause cancer I suppose. The main reason they're banned will be from flashing them at bus drivers etc. Causing blindness? Nah

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87% within 30 seconds of exposure

Clown.

[j1mgg 3,766]

I take it this was seen on tv

[wullyRFC 5,230]

Could have blinded one our players but "who cares" eh.

No it couldn't get over yourself.

[wearethepeople1 3,897]

Clown.

Don't ask stupid questions then ya rocket

[Sket 13,610]

Sorry but a laser pen from the stands isn't going to blind anyone. Really.

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Don't ask stupid questions then ya rocket

You were the one who started it by making the thread.

[HG5 11,287]

I take it this was seen on tv

Pretty clear, yes

[kaznkev 45]

I saw the green on His face too, it was on tv so it should be looked into.

Wether it would blind him or not is not the point, these things are banned and if it was us doing it you would read about it on the front pages.

From Yahoo answers-

Q - Can a standard pointing laser make you go blind?

If a standard pointing laser is pointed directly into ones eye, will they go blind? I've always heard this is true but I'm not certain about it.

A- The short answer is yes, but it would be difficult to do.

A standard laser pointer is limited to be under 5 mW of light power. The damage threshold for the human eye is about 1 mW. So, since 5 > 1, a laser pointer can damage your vision. However, your eye has some built in safety mechanisms. In particular, you have a reflex to blink and look away when you see a bright light. The time that it would take for a 5 mW laser to do damage is longer than the time it takes to blink. So you would likely blink before any permanent damage was done. That is why laser pointers are considered to be relatively safe: because your blink reflex will save you. However, if you suppress your blink reflex and stare into the laser, it can certainly damage your vision.

The reason laser pointers are not generally more powerful than 5 mW is because above 5 mW, the damage will occur faster than you can blink. So if you ever come across a laser pointer with more than 5 mW, you should be very careful (all laser pointers are labled with their power).

Green laser pointers are usually infrared lasers that are double to green. However, if you have a cheap (and illegal) one, it may not have an infrared (IR) filter, so some IR light may leak out with the green. That is especially dangerous for two reasons. First, to get 5 mW of green, the laser will need to make more than 5 mW of IR. However, IR light can burn your eye just like visible light, so more than 5 mW of IR can and will do damage to your visions. Second, your blink reflex does not work for IR light because you can't see it. So you could stare happily into an IR laser without even knowing it until your vision started to decrease. Now a legal green laser will have the filter that removes any left over IR light. So this is only an issue if you buy a cheap laser or if you are disassembling your laser pointer. You should also be very careful if you are disassembling a CD/DVD/BluRay player, as all of those also use lasers that can damage your vision. In the case of CD and BluRay, the laser beams are invisible (IR and UV, respectively) and for a DVD the lasers are simply more than 5 mW. So playing around inside of a disc reader should only be done if you know what you are doing.

[mitre_mouldmaster 21,509]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10266498

"Clinicians have, however, made the HPA aware that scotomas - retinal injuries causing abnormal vision - have been caused by high power green laser pointers.

[ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895]

Must be a beast thing to do. I'm sure a beast done it at torbett towers in a champions league game this season? Dumfermline fans are just beasts in disguise.

[mitre_mouldmaster 21,509]

Must be a beast thing to do. I'm sure a beast done it at torbett towers in a champions league game this season? Dumfermline fans are just beasts in disguise.

They did in the AC Milan game. Were shining it in the eyes of the keeper. A 25 year old tim was arrested for it.

[tannerall 25,935]

A lot of posters seem to want to dismiss this as something quite casually acceptable. Why ? Would they react if it was done to them and just accept it ?.