Should Animal Bloodsports be Legal?

[Olthar]

Well, I would appreciate it if you'd stop referring to me with masculine terms. I am neither a dude nor a man.

Dude is an American English slang term[1] for an individual. It typically applies to males, although the word can encompass all genders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude

If you don't want to be referred to as it, that's fine, but it's not just a masculine term. Not where I'm from, anyway.

I understand the word. It may be used as gender neutral by some, but it's still masculine to me, and I don't appreciate being called a man.

[The Parkus Empire]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude

If you don't want to be referred to as it, that's fine, but it's not just a masculine term. Not where I'm from, anyway.

I understand the word. It may be used as gender neutral by some, but it's still masculine to me, and I don't appreciate being called a man.

That's reasonable, of course.

[Luveria]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude

If you don't want to be referred to as it, that's fine, but it's not just a masculine term. Not where I'm from, anyway.

I understand the word. It may be used as gender neutral by some, but it's still masculine to me, and I don't appreciate being called a man.

Technically, it's a word for males, which is used as a gender neutral term by some people. It doesn't change it's still a masculine word, so Olthar is right about it.

[Fartsniffage]

I use dude as a way to refer to either sex. That, or being that I'm from Manchester, man.

No insult is intended either way, it's just the way I speak.

Well, I would appreciate it if you'd stop referring to me with masculine terms. I am neither a dude nor a man.

Well then I apologise for this occasion and for the future occasions that will crop up.

As I said, It's a part of how I speak.

[Agorya]

Animal bloodsports should not, because the animal is unable to give consent. Politicians on the other hand give consent once they sign up for the job. And it's funnier.

[Cannot think of a name]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude

If you don't want to be referred to as it, that's fine, but it's not just a masculine term. Not where I'm from, anyway.

I understand the word. It may be used as gender neutral by some, but it's still masculine to me, and I don't appreciate being called a man.

Drag this out eight or ten more posts, you know...to be sure.

[Fartsniffage]

Animal bloodsports should not, because the animal is unable to give consent. Politicians on the other hand give consent once they sign up for the job. And it's funnier.

A full scale combat scenario to decide who gets to be Minister for Roads does appeal to me somewhat.

[Luveria]

I understand the word. It may be used as gender neutral by some, but it's still masculine to me, and I don't appreciate being called a man.

Drag this out eight or ten more posts, you know...to be sure.

I don't see how you're contributing to it, as you're clearly not at all trying to be helpful.

Animal bloodsports should not, because the animal is unable to give consent. Politicians on the other hand give consent once they sign up for the job. And it's funnier.

A full scale combat scenario to decide who gets to be Minister for Roads does appeal to me somewhat.

I'd rather not see jobs decided that way.

[Meryuma]

Ideally none of them although rat baiting is probably a bit better given the status of rats as a vermin species. Roosters don't naturally have razor blades on their feet so I am against that and dogs are friends. Rats on the other hand are mostly known as vermin. Vermin are of a different status to me as the word means pest or nuisance animals.

Rats are also extremely intelligent and experience empathy.

Well, I would appreciate it if you'd stop referring to me with masculine terms. I am neither a dude nor a man.

Well then I apologise for this occasion and for the future occasions that will crop up.

As I said, It's a part of how I speak.

I will sometimes use "dude" or "man" when speaking in person to a woman, in a similar way to saying "oh boy" or "goddamn it". However, if someone is uncomfortable with it for whatever reason, I won't.

but when it comes to eating them you have a hell of a time...

That's not inherently sadistic, though, whereas cockfighting is a display of sadism.

[Fartsniffage]

I'd rather not see jobs decided that way.

Really? I'm kinda into the image of two suited people in a ring going at it armed with staplers and their manifesto in a ring binder.

[Luveria]

I will sometimes use "dude" or "man" when speaking in person to a woman, in a similar way to saying "oh boy" or "goddamn it". However, if someone is uncomfortable with it for whatever reason, I won't.

That's the proper policy.

I'd rather not see jobs decided that way.

Really? I'm kinda into the image of two suited people in a ring going at it armed with staplers and their manifesto in a ring binder.

I prefer jobs being given based on ability instead of who wins a fight.

[Blazedtown]

Ideally none of them although rat baiting is probably a bit better given the status of rats as a vermin species. Roosters don't naturally have razor blades on their feet so I am against that and dogs are friends. Rats on the other hand are mostly known as vermin. Vermin are of a different status to me as the word means pest or nuisance animals.

Rats are also extremely intelligent and experience empathy.

And have also caused the deaths of countless millions of people over the years by their nature of being disease carrying vermin.

[Rocopurr]

No. It's sick to force animals to fight for your own gain.

[Fartsniffage]

I prefer jobs being given based on ability instead of who wins a fight.

How about Minister for Defence?

[Meryuma]

Rats are also extremely intelligent and experience empathy.

And have also caused the deaths of countless millions of people over the years by their nature of being disease carrying vermin.

The Black Plague was carried by fleas that lived on the rats. It's not spread directly by mammals like rabies.

Today rats are used to detect landmines and tuberculosis. They're basically the dogs of the rodent family.

Come back to me when you have facts and not cultural cliches.

[Threlizdun]

Rats are also extremely intelligent and experience empathy.

And have also caused the deaths of countless millions of people over the years by their nature of being disease carrying vermin.

Which means they should be coerced into ripping each other apart?

[SaintB]

I'll support animal bloodsports when the animals are allowed to force their owners to do the same.

[Luveria]

I prefer jobs being given based on ability instead of who wins a fight.

How about Minister for Defence?

That doesn't require any combat abilities to do the job well.

[The Serbian Empire]

Ideally none of them although rat baiting is probably a bit better given the status of rats as a vermin species. Roosters don't naturally have razor blades on their feet so I am against that and dogs are friends. Rats on the other hand are mostly known as vermin. Vermin are of a different status to me as the word means pest or nuisance animals.

Rats are also extremely intelligent and experience empathy.

At las, rats are also a vector for diseases such as the bubonic plague, hantavirus, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, leptospirosis, lymphocytic chorio-meningitism, rat-bite fever, salmonellosis, and tularemia. That is a lot of diseases which cause all sorts of horrid symptoms and even millions of deaths over many centuries.

[Fartsniffage]

How about Minister for Defence?

That doesn't require any combat abilities to do the job well.

Yes, well if the smilie didn't give it away, I'm not sure what would at this point....

[Blazedtown]

And have also caused the deaths of countless millions of people over the years by their nature of being disease carrying vermin.

The Black Plague was carried by fleas that lived on the rats. It's not spread directly by mammals like rabies.

Today rats are used to detect landmines and tuberculosis. They're basically the dogs of the rodent family.

Come back to me when you have facts and not cultural cliches.

Rats are vermin and we would be much better off without them. There is a reason why the word rat is synonymous with scum, worthlessness and treachery.

[The Parkus Empire]

Rats are also extremely intelligent and experience empathy.

And have also caused the deaths of countless millions of people over the years by their nature of being disease carrying vermin.

People have also caused the deaths of countless millions of people....

[Blazedtown]

And have also caused the deaths of countless millions of people over the years by their nature of being disease carrying vermin.

Which means they should be coerced into ripping each other apart?

I never said that. All I'm saying is that rats are vermin, and deserve that status.

[The Serbian Empire]

And have also caused the deaths of countless millions of people over the years by their nature of being disease carrying vermin.

Which means they should be coerced into ripping each other apart?

Rat baiting is done with a dog such as a terrier biting into rats.

[German-Spanish Empire]

Which means they should be coerced into ripping each other apart?

I never said that. All I'm saying is that rats are vermin, and deserve that status.

Rat-baiting I heard can be a very entertaining to watch.