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Cockfighting: Not the Kind in Your Momma's Mouth
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.



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

07/17/07 1:15 pm
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Hail Seitan

I would definitely sign up to go watch seitan fighting.



Josh Strawn

07/17/07 1:31 pm
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My Vote For Best Blog Title of 2007...

...this one.



mmausner

07/18/07 6:17 am
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cockfighting in bali

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!



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