Cockfighting to be Preserved?

www.krmg.com ^ | 11/15/2002 | KRMG

[HetLoo]

Lawton-AP) -- A Lawton man says game fowl breeders licensed by a group he founded will be protected from a new state ban on cockfighting. Mike Turner says his Kiowa Association for the Preservation of Rural and Cultural Lifestyles is a recognized sub-entity of the Kiowa Tribe. Turner breeders can get a license which essentially leases their birds and equipment to the association and protects them under tribal law. He says any cockfights would have to take place on Indian land. Turner says he doesn't know if Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson will challenge his plan, but says he's ready if that occurs.

[HetLoo]

I was waiting for this... :)

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Cockfighting to be Preserved?

I always do better with my fists.

[lelio]

Am I seeing a trend here? Indians can gamble, have cockfights, and sell cigarettes without a $1+ tax per box. I can see prostitution being legalized on reservations next.

[HetLoo]

I always do better with my fists.

(snickering) I'm not even going to go there.

[HetLoo]

In Canada, Indians get ammunition free from the government.

hhmmm.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, you don't live on a reservation, do you? So what does it matter to you?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Of course, in Canada for several hundred years, they got the ammunition free, too... only, it was fired through a gun at them...

;0)

[afz400]

Maybe the Indians can see whether they can allow human sacrifice on their reservations too. There's probably a market for that. Maybe if abortions are outlawed they will be allowed to perform them on reservations. Think of the possibilities for Indians to make money in the most disgusting ways possible! Why is it that the Indians don't seem to be able to make or do anything useful?