Reply #78: It does and it doesn't [View All]

[SteelPenguin]

Plenty of white people in this country like animal blood sports.

The point is that our laws originate from the majority cultural belief, which in this case as in most stems from white protestants. If it's culturally acceptable for a white protestant to do it's probably legal in this country. This is the basis of most of our laws. However just because that's the majority culture in this country doesn't mean that what that culture perceives as good/bad/acceptable/wrong is universal. We're a melting pot of many cultures and races, with different viewpoints.

Some see eating any meat as horrendous. Others have no problem with hunting and dog fighting. There is no 'right' or 'wrong', only laws prescribed by the majority, and in this case an activity in this country widely relegated to a subculture or two is seen as Wrong, simply because it's different from the majority.

I'm not saying that I like dogfighting, nor am I saying that a majority culture doesn't have a right to legislate their own beliefs. All i'm saying is that it's important to recognize this isn't a universal issue, and it's one of many where the white protestant culture in this country is telling others what is right or wrong.