In Reply to: Cock Fighting in Bali posted by Barong Naga on Wednesday, 31. March 2004 at 19:37 Bali Time:
please tell me why they ban the cock fights
instead of banning the gambling?
Have cockfights.
Make then a tourist attraction!
(on the lines of spanish bullfighting)
If bleeding hearts object ask them when was the last time they ate chicken. If they could see the hideious buchenwald-like factories where commerial chcickens are raised and harvested, they'd never eat a KFC or a chain store frozen chicken again.
If I am to be reincarnated as a fowl, let me come back as a Baliese fighting cock!
In any case its such a part of the ordinary man's life.
Breeding grooming training....... a hobby and a way of life.
just ban betting. A lot of tourists
will pay hard $$$$ to see a real bloodsport .
If the Indonesian govt was *smart* (sigh) they would invite the australian TAB experts to help set up betting shops for the tourists!
(only foreigners allowed to place a bet at the grand new arenas.....)