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Cockfighting: Not the Kind in Your Momma's Mouth |
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 by Jennifer Dziura, July 17, 2007 |
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Forty-nine states have now made cockfighting illegal, with the fiftieth, Louisiana, voting to make cockfighting illegal by 2008.
Puerto Rico has responded by passing legislation declaring cockfighting a "cultural right."
Apparently, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" weren't good enough, and PETA's veg-friendly suggestion won't suffice: fried plantains rarely scratch one another to death under heavy provocation.
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Jennifer Dziura is a New York-based comedian and writer best known for orchestrating the Williamsburg Spelling Bee, a real spelling |
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Adam Shprintzen
I would definitely sign up to go watch seitan fighting.
Josh Strawn
...this one.
mmausner
one of the greatest sociology articles ever written-- practically a founding text-- is Clifford Geertz's "Notes on the Balinese Cockfight." For the uninitiated, it greatly helps explain the appeal, and the importance, of cockfighting to society. any well-functioning culture should have cockfights!