modest proposal
Apr. 20th, 2005 12:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
substituteA generic bit of Metafilter agitprop announces that cockfighting is to be a felony in South Carolina, but domestic violence remains a misdemeanor. This leaves us with the comical impression that chickens are more valued than victims of domestic abuse.
Silly. The law cares about money. The reason cockfighting is a felony is that it's a gambler's sport; no one in South Carolina cares which birds claw each other.
The solution here is obvious; get the bookies to make odds on domestic violence. Or, better yet, have spouses and partners go at it before audiences. "Two points on the lady wearing #43, she's got some muscle on her!"
Result: domestic abuse would become a very serious crime immediately!
Silly. The law cares about money. The reason cockfighting is a felony is that it's a gambler's sport; no one in South Carolina cares which birds claw each other.
The solution here is obvious; get the bookies to make odds on domestic violence. Or, better yet, have spouses and partners go at it before audiences. "Two points on the lady wearing #43, she's got some muscle on her!"
Result: domestic abuse would become a very serious crime immediately!
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Date: 2005-04-20 09:47 pm (UTC)Because a lot of people still tacitly approve of beating on each other at home, it's often not treated as seriously as fisticuffs at the local bar.