St. Maarten Private Eye

We are comparing SLAVERY...slavery mind you, of human beings, to a bunch of chickens?!?! Argue as much as you want in defense of the cocks, whatever floats your boat. But using comparisons to slavery and slave owners is down right insulting to me as a black person. You are equating the value of a chicken to that of a human being. Insulting. Cockfighting is part of my cultural past. I remember my grandfather and uncles breeding and fighting them every sunday afternoon. Then, if the specimen was not in terrible shape, my grandfather wrung its neck, chopped off the head and neighbors and everybody gathered in the back yard for a cook out. Ahh French Quarter in those days. Now some of you might see this as cruel, more power to you. But I'm willing to bet that most St. Maarteners, don't give a hoot cause as much as you despise it, it forms part of my cultural past. And I DO NOT want to change it. So I agree with Louie 100%.

J. Baptiste