Posted on 01/26/2005 7:11:17 PM PST by Middle-O-Road
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) -- An Oklahoma senator hopes to revive cockfighting in the state by putting tiny boxing gloves on the roosters instead of razors.
The Oklahoma legislature outlawed the blood sport in 2002 because of its cruelty to the roosters, which are slashed and pecked to death while human spectators bet on the outcome.
But State Sen. Frank Shurden, a Democrat from Henryetta and a long-time defender of cockfighting, said the ban had wiped out a $100-million business.
To try to revive it, he has proposed that roosters wear little boxing gloves attached to their spurs, as well as lightweight, chicken-sized vests configured with electronic sensors to record hits and help keep score.
"It's like the fencing that you see on the Olympics, you know, where they have little balls on the ends of the swords and the fencers wear vests," said Shurden. "That's the same application that would be applied to the roosters."
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Oh wow!!! Finally an issue the demonicrats can get behind. This will go over like a lead balloon.
The Onion, right? ROTFLOL OH...just a democrat....
I simply DON'T understand how these guys stay in office ... LOL!
Hey, new tax revenue generator. They'll sell 'em vanity plates! LOL.
OK, I'll bite. Why do bees need license plates?
To avoid getting a ticket.
Throughout his political career, Senator Shurden's 'hot topic', the one to which he has devoted both considerable time and attention and the one upon which he has introduced legislation in practically every session since first joining the Oklahoma Legislature is Testicles.
You can read more at http://www.bubbaworld.com/shurden.html
I knew it! I heard this on KMJ while driving to Fresno from L.A.! It just had to be a Dummy!!
And then I realized...like I was shot...Like I was shot with a diamond...a diamond bullet right through my forehead.. And I thought: My God...the genius of that. The genius. LOL!
LOL! Yes, but is he FOR or AGAINST? Only a Dem could come up with this stuff!
Next they'll have tiny license plates for bees!
Actually that's too cute
:D !
Damn, thank goodness it's a Democrat behind this looniness.
I await everyone's laughter even as I say this, but why isn't it a good idea?
$100,000,000 worth of economic activity has to be worth something in a state the size of Oklahoma.
Boxing gloves on fighting roosters are stupid, of course, but so are razor blades. And the cock-fight GDP sounds like it could support the laser-tag-style "vests".
Here's a link to an excellent film produced by Thomas Edison that shows professional cat boxing.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/papr:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(edmp+4020))+@field(COLLID+edison))
I don't know. Every time I think about a rooster with little boxing gloves on it's feet, I crack up! And with a vest, it'll look like Foghorn Leghorn! LOL!
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