Different Standards Make No Sense

Over at <a href="http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/" target="_new">Hit and Run</a> I found <a href="http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2005/04/cocks_vs_women.shtml" target="_new">this report</a> out of South Carolina that just stunned me.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Yesterday, the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee voted to elevate cockfighting from a misdemeanor to a felony. The committee then killed an unrelated, poorly-timed bill that would have done the same for domestic abuse.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI find this totally unbelievable. Let me get this straight, under proposed South Carolina law, if My Darling Wife were to beat me senseless this would only be considered a misdemeanor but if she takes one of her <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/pics/coop2.jpg" target="_new">chickens</a> to a cockfight she would be guilty of a felony. So, we value the chickens life over a humans? This just doesn't seem right to me.<br />n<br />nAnother point above and beyond that, if after thumping me, a misdemeanor offense, My Darling Wife were to go over to the neighbors and thump on him, she would be guilty of a felony assault instead of just a misdemeanor. Why isn't assault the same whether it is against ones partner or against a stranger? This has never made any sense to me.<br />n<br />n<b>Nonsense is socially OK, but not stupidity. Mason Cooley</b>