tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10822203.post111411018046027525..comments2023-10-26T01:30:04.309-07:00Comments on Cool Beans: On Roosters and DVbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04319515133437810916noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10822203.post-1114479717146981442005-04-25T18:41:00.000-07:002005-04-25T18:41:00.000-07:00Can't disgaree that some racism and classism could...Can't disgaree that some racism and classism could be involved, but the University of South Carolina mascot is The Gamecock and a white state official was recently caught taking bribes to overlook cock fighting by other white people, and both those things are relevant as well. I point this out because I live in the South and goodness knows we have our problems but we do tend to get generalized Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10822203.post-1114372476595109612005-04-24T12:54:00.000-07:002005-04-24T12:54:00.000-07:00My money says class has as much to do with it as r...My money says class has as much to do with it as race. It's not the sort of gambling the upper crust or even middle class would patronize, like horse or dog racing, so it's easy to slap down hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10822203.post-1114183553652896132005-04-22T08:25:00.000-07:002005-04-22T08:25:00.000-07:00Well, it certainly isn't an animal-rights thing, a...Well, it certainly isn't an animal-rights thing, and the gambling....well, maybe marginally, but as Bean pointed out, there are other activities involving gambling that don't seem to need such urgent action.<BR/><BR/>It may not be the Latino thing *only*, but I'm betting that it's a big part of why it has to be taken care of *now*.<BR/><BR/>crys TAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10822203.post-1114118703087132142005-04-21T14:25:00.000-07:002005-04-21T14:25:00.000-07:00Aha, interesting. I read a comment at another sit...Aha, interesting. I read a comment at another site where I posted that article saying that gambling (that is, gambling without letting the gov't have a cut) is the problem here, not the lives of the roosters, which means that preventing gambling is more important than protecting women. I can see either the Latino reasoning or the gambling reasoning, or both together. I don't think it's annejumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835448657855575348noreply@blogger.com