08-21-2009, 05:24 PM
I think maybe Chris missed the point of my analogy to the concentration camp guard who shoots the "sub-humans" under his thumb for amusement. He, like Vick, takes absolute advantage af a position of power over helpless and dependent subjects who had no choice whatever in ending up in their position. And both kill or torture those subjects, for no social purpose whatever. For the life of me, I can't see how such behavior is entitled to "you say tomAto, I say tomahto" treatment. I didn't analyze Vick on the basis of interest in dog fighting, but rather on his own abhorrent behavior. And I would feel the same about a cattle rancher who tortured his cattle before sending them to slaughter. I eat a lot of red meat but I put the humane treatment of animals in the same category as humane treatment of humans. And again, I don't believe that there is a respectable other side to that question. Now, for a more relevant question for us, what is Vick's attitude about Porsches?