So if you're a sports fan or just a breathing human being, you've almost certainly heard about Michael Vick and dog fighting the past week. The media and public have worked themselves into a tizzy about this case. And you know what? I couldn't care less. Yeah, I'm probably in the minority, but until there are no more PEOPLE being raped, murdered, molested, tortured, etc., I don't have the time or energy to care about dogs. I’d much rather see my tax dollars used by law enforcement to catch criminals that have injured people not dogs.
It’s really no surprise that guys are fighting dogs. I can turn on Spike TV any day of the week and watch two guys stripped down to nothing pummeling each other inside the Octagon. And that’s accepted by society but dog fighting isn’t? Seems rather incongruous to me, and I’m not sure you can have it both ways.
Why don't we see the same level of outrage when people are murdered, women are raped, or kids are molested? These crimes happen everyday; yet, as a society, we express little outrage over them. We’re disgusted by them, but then we just move on with our lives. I’m sure that if Michael Vick committed any of the above crimes, the public and media would be outraged, and rightfully so, but I find it disconcerting that the level of outrage over dog fighting is equal to these heinous crimes against people.
I'm not advocating animal cruelty, rather, just a little perspective. They’re dogs! I once watched my dog spew a huge pile of chunky disgusting puke and then fight with my other dog over which of them would get to eat the vomit. And I’m supposed to care that Michael Vick was fighting animals dumb enough to fight over eating vomit? I don’t think so.
It's not murder as I've heard insinuated. That's an insult to all the victims of actual murder. It's certainly not a holocaust of dogs as I heard today on the radio. There was one Holocaust and referring to dog deaths as a holocaust is absurd and severely diminishes the horrific nature of the real Holocaust. Animals are vicious. They will literally eat each other alive. Stated simply, they’re animals. I wish there wasn’t any dog fighting; I really do. It’s a nasty disgusting activity in which I can't imagine ever participating. But until all the real problems in the world are solved, don’t expect me to care much.
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Where was the outrage and mass million dollar investigations into the following? Where are the dropped charges because the Dog's were asking for it? After all you can't prove the dog's didn’t want to be killed... It is possible that killing the dogs was the humane thing to do.
Why do we have congressional investigations into professional sports steroid use and no congressional investigation into the string of rape and physical abuse and other criminal behaviors our professional athlete’s exhibit?
1995 July: Star Minnesota Vikings quarterback Warren Moon is arrested in Houston and charged with misdemeanor assault after he slapped his wife, choking her "nearly to the point of unconsciousness." Moon is later acquitted after his wife refuses to testify. A few months previously, Moon had been charged with raping a Vikings cheerleader in a case that was settled out of court.
August 1995: Stacey Spikes, Miami Dolphins running back, is arrested and charged with physically and sexually assaulting his wife. She publicly accuses him of a five-year pattern of abuse.
August 1995: Four New Orleans Saints players are accused of rape by a 30-year-old La Crosse woman. Prosecutors acknowledge that the players had sex with her at the team's training dorm, but refused to press charges due to lack of evidence the sex was not consensual, her word against their, the case is dropped to her out-rage.
August 1995: Frank Duncan, former San Diego Charger, is sentenced to eight years in prison for beating his girlfriend in January 1995. He was acquitted of additional charges of kidnapping. Duncan reportedly threatened to "do to her what O.J. did to Nicole."
September 1995: Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Dan Wilkinson, is arrested after allegedly punching his girlfriend, who was four months pregnant at the time.
October 1995: Former NFL lineman Louis Sharpe is arrested in suburban Phoenix after a Halloween party and charged with disorderly conduct, rape, unlawful imprisonment, aggravated assault, and resisting arrest.
January 1996: Seattle Seahawks players Lamar Smith and Jeff Blacksheer are sued by a Kirkland, Washington woman who claimed they raped her. Authorities had declined to prosecute the case, calling it "unprovable."
January 1996: James Harris, Minnesota Vikings defensive end, pleads guilty to third-degree assault for beating his wife.
April 1997: Cornelius Bennett, linebacker for Indianapolis, convicted of reduced charge of rape and sexual abuse.
September 1997: Christian Peter, defensive lineman for the Giants, pleaded no contest to rape, guilty of assault.
November 1997: Jake Plummer (quarterback, Arizona) pleaded no contest to four counts of rape.
July 1998: Deion Sanders (defensive back, Dallas) guilty: reduced charge of aggravated assault, no contest to battery.
I ran across this article and thought you might like it. I didn't actually read it but just skimmed it over. Beat a Woman? Play On; Beat a Dog? You're Gone
Only an idiot making millions of dollars would take a risk doing something SO STUPID. It is illegal you know. But THANK GOD Michael Vick "found Jesus" from this. Give me a break. I hope he never plays again for being such a f*&$ing idiot!
Go Boilermakers! (Do they play BYU?) I'm sure they'd kill them if so...
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