I ran across this article in The State paper the other day as I was going through recent headlines in the political world. I know politicians mean well, at least they try, but this is terrible idea. It is one of those ideas that when the idea is "thrown out" there for discussion the friend beside the person with the 'great idea' should have lend over and smacked him in the back of the head and so "no dumby."
The idea 'thrown out' there for discussion goes like this....."A Richland County senator says the University of South Carolina needs to rethink its' 'Fighting Gamecock' mascot if the Legislature passes tougher penalties on cockfighting.
If the bill passes, "how can we as lawmakers and other leaders of this state justify a major institution in our state running ads and logos on billboards with a fighting gamecock with spurs on the feet?" asked Sen. Darrell Jackson. Jackson's question came as Attorney General Henry McMaster testified before a Senate subcommittee asking lawmakers to pass a bill raising the penalties for cockfighting, which currently is a $100 fine. The comment came after McMaster said some bill opponents say cockfighting is a part of South Carolina's culture."
The point of the matter according to Sen. Jackson is the issue of the 'spurs' and removing them from the mascot. This is like telling the Florida Gators to remove the teeth from the Gator.....just a dumb idea.
First PETA and now this....when will they learn that USC will not change its' mascot??
2 comments:
Well her is my first point to this argument- the gamecock is only a mascot, it doesn't make people fight there chickens, 2nd of all if it was an offensive mascot Capital One, a national company, would not show the mascot in there commercials during the bowl season all over the US. If people in the rest of the county don't care about a spur, then why does one guy in the SC senate.
Why don't we worry about more important things like getting better recruits for the basketball team? With all this mascot complaining, we forget that we are playing in the 2nd round of the NIT tonight at 7 on ESPN.
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