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Subject:	Why is cockfighting bad? (was: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line))
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:39:27 GMT
Reply-To:	JSPROAT@IO.COMantispam
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Christopher Weeks wrote: > The cartoon basically simulates cockfighting, which is an image that I would > prefer not to idealize for the kids. Why not? I mean, what makes cockfighting more violent than, say, Star Wars? note: I feel that cockfighting is bad, but I just haven't seen a good enough explanation to justify that feeling to myself... As for justifying Pokemon, it's a game. No Bulbasaurs were injured in the creation, marketing, or playing of Pokemon. Cheers, - jsproat -- Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/ Uh, two. Including this one.

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		Re: Why is cockfighting bad? (was: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line))
(...) Good question. I don't have a definitive answer but I do have some further thought starters... In Star Wars, is there a good side and a bad side? Is the simulated violence there as part of the story line? Or is the violence there merely to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Why is cockfighting bad? (was: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line))
(...) Cockfighting causes more pain than StarWars. But I think that comparing Pokemon to SW is a somewhat more valid and interesting situation. I guess that I think Cockfighting is really absurdly bad for two reasons. One is because it promotes the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Why is cockfighting bad? (was: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line))
This debate over cockfighting makes me wish I had been to one when I lived at home. Jorge Rodríguez rodriguez.136@osu.edu (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
(...) Whew! (...) The cartoon basically simulates cockfighting, which is an image that I would prefer not to idealize for the kids. Chris (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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