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Old Thu Jul 24, 2008, 04:11pm
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Scrappy,

We are not talking about child porn here. This is a picture of an event that in some jurisdictions was and still is legal in parts of the country. If Cockfighting is illegal now, it certainly was not always illegal. It is a picture to make a joke. Next thing you are going to tell me if someone shows a picture of someone smoking a cigarette is inappropriate if the person smoking is in a bar. In my state and in many others this activity would be illegal right now, but a few months ago was completely legal.

All I am saying this is a picture. It is a picture that is making a joke.
Everything you say is true. And yet it does not change the fact that Mark's post was neither funny nor appropriate to this forum.

Last time I checked, I'm entitled to hold an opinion and voice it.
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Old Thu Jul 24, 2008, 04:36pm
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Everything you say is true. And yet it does not change the fact that Mark's post was neither funny nor appropriate to this forum.

Last time I checked, I'm entitled to hold an opinion and voice it.
Just not entitled to have someone listen to it or care.

For what it is worth...I agree with your position. I thought the picture was inappropriate.
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Old Thu Jul 24, 2008, 05:54pm
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Last time I checked, I'm entitled to hold an opinion and voice it.
I agree, even if the opinion that is held is stoopid.

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Old Thu Jul 24, 2008, 06:05pm
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Everything you say is true. And yet it does not change the fact that Mark's post was neither funny nor appropriate to this forum.
Let me count the number of inappropriate topics on this forum. We could start with the baseball thread. This is basketball!

Some people enjoy that baseball thread, personally I don't care because I gave up on baseball a long time ago. Others here enjoy it as evidenced by the large number of viewers and posts. I choose to avoid it rather than be offended or start complaining that it is not germain to this particular forum.

BTW, almost every topic on this forum gets hijacked in some form or another during its lifetime with various jokes and pictures, yet no one gets bent about it.

I didn't see your complaint about the porn link that was posted here yesterday. That was very inappropriate. So you are offended by a chicken that might have been fighting but not of some pictures that demean young women (someone's daughter). That was clearly not a joke.

I applaud you on your righteous indignation.

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Old Thu Jul 24, 2008, 06:46pm
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Let me count the number of inappropriate topics on this forum. We could start with the baseball thread. This is basketball!
Is baseball now a felony? Are there pictures in that thread depicting actual crimes being committed?

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I didn't see your complaint about the porn link that was posted here yesterday.
The reason I didn't comment on that link is that I knew it would be deleted very quickly by a moderator.

I'm not trying to make a federal case out of this and I'm not even indignant. I just think it was unfunny and inappropriate. And again, nothing you said in your post changes that fact.

I'm going to stop responding in this thread now, because I've made my one little point and I don't want to get drawn into a protracted debate about it.
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Old Thu Jul 24, 2008, 06:59pm
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I am going to jump in here. Yes, cock fighting like dog fiighting is reprehensible and yet there are people in certain parts of this country think that there is nothing wrong either. Actually, I thought Mark would have posted a picture of two girls mud wrestling, , but that is a violationi of Title 9.

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Old Thu Jul 24, 2008, 07:04pm
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I am going to jump in here. Yes, cock fighting like dog fiighting is reprehensible and yet there are people in certain parts of this country think that there is nothing wrong either. Actually, I thought Mark would have posted a picture of two girls mud wrestling, , but that is a violationi of Title 9.

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Old Thu Jul 24, 2008, 07:33pm
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Do the Italians have Title IX as well?
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Old Thu Jul 24, 2008, 07:44pm
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Actually guys, I thought about it at work today and I was going to remove the pic when I got home but I guess it's too late. Sorry if I offended anyone. That wasn't my intent.
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