Dodo Eggs

A select few debaters are referred to as “silver tongued.” while others have silver only in their fillings. 

The following was a challenging essay written to defend rodeo.  A friend of mine wrote it years ago and I found it so…uh, powerful that I kept a copy.  He wrote it after Rhode Island began requiring rodeos to have veterinarians on site.  It sounds like he believes they banned rodeo (I looked it up and could find no evidence of such).  The arguments he uses…well…I’ll let him speak for himself.

A sport for “real men.”  Rodeo is one of the most strenuous sports there is.  In rodeo the cowboy competes against an animal and a clock.  He puts his strength to the test, whether it be a horse, bull, steer, or time, he exerts everything he’s got against it.  He tries to wrestle the steer faster than the other guy, and ride better than the next man.

Rodeo is part of America’s heritage, and the banning of it disturbs me.

The animal rights activists are ripping this country apart.  These groups, I believe, should be abolished.

Most of the contestants have only one source of income, and that is rodeo.  There are a few who do it for a hobby and nothing else, but there is a certain contestant who went to 96 rodeos in 1991 and made just enough to get by.  I know what you’re thinking; why doesn’t he go out and get a regular job like most people, but some of the cowboys haven’t had a college education and most businesses won’t hire you unless you do.

I believe Rhode Island made a big mistake by banning the rodeo circuit; they have cut off a large portion of the state’s income, as rodeo is a pastime enjoyed by young and old.  By banning it, a major loss of entertainment has developed.

The government is stressing the importance of family, and by letting Rhode Island ban rodeo, good down-to-earth family entertainment is lost.

Please, I am urging you, politicians, don’t let the banning of rodeo get any further.

Attention reader!  What are you sitting around for?  Didn’t you read this?  Write your congressman, organize a petition, or wet your pants!  We can’t allow another precious brick to be pulled from the wall of our culture.  We must march upon Rhode Island and drag those Northeastern dumbknuckles back into tow!

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