HOULD cockfighting be legal? Should it be regulated at the state or federal level? And exactly where, in the moral hierarchy, does it rank in relation to hog-dog rodeos? Posted on 05/15/2004 6:52:24 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick
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HOULD cockfighting be legal? Should it be regulated at the state or federal level? And exactly where, in the moral hierarchy, does it rank in relation to hog-dog rodeos?
Perhaps you have not spent a lot of time contemplating these ethical quandaries. But since cockfighting is now a political issue that might help determine control of the United States Senate next year, you may want to get up to speed.
The Louisiana Legislature is considering a bill to ban hog-dog rodeos, in which a boar, after having its tusks cut off, is chased around a pen by a pit bull. The proposed ban is not especially controversial — it has passed one chamber and is expected to pass the other soon — but it has helped renew another debate. Why, if it is wrong for a dog to fight a hog, is it still legal in Louisiana for roosters to go after each other with blades attached to their legs? Hog-dog fans (yes, there are a few) indignantly protest that while the hog usually survives their event (because handlers intervene once the dog has the hog between his teeth), fighting roosters often kill each other.
One of the Democrats running for the Senate in Louisiana, John Kennedy, has come out against cockfighting and criticized one of his rivals, Representative Chris John, who once called cockfighting a "cultural, family-type thing" and opposed efforts in Congress to ban the interstate shipment of fighting birds. A political action committee run by Wayne Pacelle, the chief executive of the Humane Society of the United States, is also taking aim at Mr. John. A poll commissioned by the Humane Society showed that 82 percent of Louisianans favored banning cockfights.
Mr. John, understandably, seems reluctant to be labeled the cockfighting candidate. "They're trying to make this a campaign issue, but it really isn't one," said his campaign manager, Scott Arceneaux. "Chris has taken no position on the state law. He has simply been against federal legislation that would outlaw the practice. He believes this is an issue for the states to decide."
I figured the title alone should draw you in here. ;D
I wish I had one to fight.
I thought this was going to be a thread about Barney Frank.
Yes, you'd be all over it!
Why would he fight them?!
;;-)
And it did... but for some reason I thought it was another article about "Slick Willy" himself...
When I first heard the term 'cockfighting' I figured it was a duel at close range by two guys. Odd the impressions a fourth grader may have.
The sport of the small man. Embarrassing that there has to be a law.
Nah. That would be an article about chicken choking!
Sorry Mom the Latinos in Sierra Vista beat you out.
yours was the best when I had a cold!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
I used to work at one of these things. I was a cock teaser at RoosterRama. My job was to enrage the bantams. Into the pit.....what a fight!!
LOL
"One of the Democrats running for the Senate in Louisiana, John Kennedy"
Please tell me he has relatives in Massachusetts.
I thought this was going to be a thread about Barney Frank.
Dick Army came to mind dont now why hes not gay
"Representative Chris John, who once called cockfighting a "cultural, family-type thing"
Well let's see, here I sit on a Saturday night... I have my two boys this weekend and I am quite torn as to what to do tomorrow Chick??? I'm in between taking them to play mini golf, a late afternoon movie or this "cultural, family-type COCKFIGHT!!!" Where do they GROW these people???? Are ya kidding??
"I was a cock teaser at RoosterRama"
I KNEW THAT WAS YOU!!!!!!!
Well, if you were trailer park trash, then you might consider it "cultural," I suppose...
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