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Cockfighting: Not the Kind in Your Momma’s Mouth

By Jennifer Dziura / July 17, 2007

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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  • By mmausner 7/18/07 at 6:17 a.m. UTC

    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!

  • Josh Strawn
    By Josh Strawn 7/17/07 at 1:31 p.m. UTC

    …this one.

  • Adam Shprintzen
    By Adam Shprintzen 7/17/07 at 1:15 p.m. UTC

    I would definitely sign up to go watch seitan fighting.

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