Posted by
Maudie in Mandeville on Sunday, November 28, 2010 1:34:45 PM
Those opposed to so called ‘<ock-fighting’ are nothing more than 'militant' Neanderthal bigots that want to dictate their beliefs onto everyone else. Their ideology and anger guide much of their agenda. Ideology that their way is the only way and anger that there are actually people out there that can think on their own, and that do NOT believe in all this silliness about morality and inhumanity, they hate those that don’t agree with them. They use words like morally repugnant, uncivilized, barbaric, inhumane, to stoke the fires of bigotry in the less educated. So, the <ock-fighting issue begs a solution, and that is…..the Supreme Court of the United States.
A decision this important should be taken out of the hands of the people. Over the last 50 years it’s apparent that the court will side with legalizing it in all 50 states. First of all, the court understands that what a person does with their own Rooster is nobody else’s business. Some of these roosters are sick and would die anyway, in many cases this is the only living their owners can scrape together and to ban it would impose a financial hardship on these people. What do these roosters have to look forward to, anyway? Filthy living conditions, disease, over crowding. Let’s be honest, many of these roosters are unwanted anyway, so to force the owner to continue feeding and caring for it would be a psychological burden as well.
There is already a case proceeding to the Supreme Court, that being Cogburn v. Leghorn. T.V., radio personalities, and newspapers should be enlisted to censure or whitewash, if you will, the graphic details and pictures from the public psyche. Stainless steel razors, blood, brains, suction, tearing, should be words refrained from using. The unwashed masses may know what’s going on at <ock-fights, but we should respect their privacy and simply be civilized enough not to talk about the 1.4 million dead roosters each year. I’m sure the people will come to accept it as part of, shall we say, part of our cultural heritage or even for the greater good of society in general. Just don’t talk about it.
I don’t like the name <ock-Fighting either; if we are going to get the public to go along, we need some Euphemism such as the Feathered games, which makes it more acceptable even to the children. Speaking of children, I think children should be able to participate in the games if they have a rooster. In fact, I would go so far as to say that if a child has a rooster, they should be able to go to a Feathered game without parental notification. As to the anti-choice crowd who oppose 'The Games', if you’ve never owned a rooster and have never been to a Feathered game, you can’t understand the nuances. I personally, do not believe in Feathered games, however, I think the owners should make that decision themselves.
Bottom line is “Keep the government’s hands off their rooster!”