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If you believe that the United States should legalize dogfighting because we allow humans to fight, fear not. You’ve got an ally in the United States Congress.
During a tele-townhall late last week, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) fielded a question about his opposition to animal rights and recently introduced legislation that would undermine local standards preventing animal torture. “It’s wrong to rate animals above human beings,” he told the questioner. To make his point, King argued that “there’s something wrong” for society to make it a “federal crime to watch animals fight” but “it’s not a federal crime to induce somebody to watch people fighting.”
KING: When the legislation that passed in the farm bill that says that it’s a federal crime to watch animals fight or to induce someone else to watch an animal fight but it’s not a federal crime to induce somebody to watch people fighting, there’s something wrong with the priorities of people that think like that.
This isn’t an unintended consequence — King told the Daily Caller that his amendment “fixes the states and their political subdivisions regulating food production everywhere in America.” However, King might want to reconsider that position, as his amendment would legalize some of several horrific farming and food practices that some states have chosen to do away with
King, thought, brags that his legislation “wipes out everything they’ve [animal rights advocates] done with pork and veal.” Indeed, King has a long record of opposing animal welfare legislation — he has, for example, been Congress’ leading advocate against anti-dogfighting legislation. He also believes that the Humane Society and other animal rights advocates are attempting to ban “production agriculture” and has fantasized about exposing vegetarians with “an agenda for our diets” on the House floor.
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
reply to post by muse7
Disgusting. Both parties have disgusting members with disgusting ideals. So funny how you Democrats like to sling mud on Republicans, you know what they say about people who live in glass houses. We The People keep electing these people, on both sides of the aisle.edit on 22-9-2012 by OccamsRazor04 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by detachedindividual
I read this differently.
Rather than him saying that dog fighting is okay, could he not be saying the boxing isn't okay?
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
We have this guy who advocates dog fighting for whatever reason, and we have Democrats who are openly racist against white people.
Originally posted by randomname
how is putting two animals bred to fight like pitbulls cruelty.
they were specifically bred with fighting traits and it is what they naturally do.
its a question of one group imposing its morality on other people.
who are any of you to judge whether dog fighting, bull fighting or cock fighting is wrong.
its hardly even worth arguing about. you don't like it, don't watch it.
but don't start nagging and condemning or even persecuting another human being because two dogs bite each in a ring.