tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15674732.post2425736673246163929..comments2024-03-18T00:32:45.210-07:00Comments on Alabama Ass Whuppin': Cock FightingAAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531072530673324928noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15674732.post-13813947188201298442007-03-08T16:57:00.000-08:002007-03-08T16:57:00.000-08:00Hey binky:Check out the comments on the orginal po...Hey binky:<BR/><BR/>Check out the comments on the orginal post by Alablawg. Some good back and forth:<BR/><BR/>http://alablawg.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/todays-really-stupid-law/#commentsAAWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531072530673324928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15674732.post-79204260616208420582007-03-08T08:09:00.000-08:002007-03-08T08:09:00.000-08:00Boxing is legal. Ultimate fighting is legal. Tho...Boxing is legal. Ultimate fighting is legal. Those are blood sports. What's the social effect there? What about kids that fight spiders or scorpions in boxes? Look I don't oppose cock-fighting but I do oppose dog fighting. There is a difference for me, but I'll admit that there's a big contridiction there. I just think we waste a lot of time in energy on stupid shit that shouldn't be AAWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531072530673324928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15674732.post-80046113119674117122007-03-08T06:47:00.000-08:002007-03-08T06:47:00.000-08:00Commercial farming is indeed cruel, but I don't re...Commercial farming is indeed cruel, but I don't really see that as a justification to encourage cockfighting. Even though it doesn't get discussed in terms of the laws (though I imagine it would in social criticism, which I'm not much of a consumer of) it seems like the social effects of bloodsport would be a strong reason to oppose cockfighting. For the same reason people oppose shooting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15674732.post-66106262489451739012007-03-07T12:03:00.000-08:002007-03-07T12:03:00.000-08:00Yeah it is tied to organized crime because it is i...Yeah it is tied to organized crime because it is illegal. Weed is tied to organized crime because it is illegal too. Rum Running/Moon shining was illegal and tied to organized crime at one point also.<BR/><BR/>I just don't buy the 'gateway' argument. It is too simple-minded and can be applied to about any-damn-thing. Picking my nose is a gateway into picking your nose... Whatever.<BR/><BR/>AAWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531072530673324928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15674732.post-24147541246394411992007-03-07T11:46:00.000-08:002007-03-07T11:46:00.000-08:00Isn't one of the big deals with cockfighting, espe...Isn't one of the big deals with cockfighting, especially in urban areas but also rural, that it is often tied up with organized crime? It becomes a doorway onto a larger issue (in addition to the objections to cockfights <I>qua</I> cockfights).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15674732.post-55346044705622811152007-03-06T21:04:00.000-08:002007-03-06T21:04:00.000-08:00If you're under the hideous impression that nation...If you're under the hideous impression that national politics can get no worse than contemplate a Jeb Bush/Joe Leiberman ticket thrusting itself off from a Battle carrier parked just off Palm Beach while its crew members are forced to carry out their duties amidts the whims off the right wing press. <BR/><BR/>Navy Lt. - Sir, another reporter is crawling in and out of the missile firing Chris Manselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075566791237531399noreply@blogger.com