Russell Shaw: There Are Millions Of "Michael Vick's"; Are You One of Them? |
| Published: August 24, 2007, 12:58 am |
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I spent one of my boyhood summers on a farm where chickens were raised for their eggs. But I will never forget how, one day, the farmer decided that one of his chickens would make a perfect dinner. He chased a chicken down, grabbed it by the scruff of the neck and after about 30 seconds of loud death cries from the poor bird...there was no more life. Michael Vick had not yet been born, but now, decades later, I thought of that crazy farmer when I read of the misdeeds Vick is going to cop to. Apparently now-former NFL star Michael Vick is going to serve time on that dogfighting rap. You know, forceably kill pit bulls that he and his friends decided weren't mean enough to excel at that disgusting non-sport. Vick's accomplices said the dogs were dispatched by means that could only be described as highly barbaric. Shooting, electrocution, even repeatedly hurling one dog to the ground until it breathed no more. But as a society, we should not be so quick to condemn Vick [ Full article ] |
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