By: jim karr

jim karr — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:00:32 +0000

vick is just doing what hundreds of thousands of people are doing around the world–and in many ways it’s less cruel then horse racing–where steroidal and pain killing injections keep horses running after their knees are shot–I’ve been invited to rooster and dog fights while getting my car fixed or doing laundry–its a big gambling venue–and brings in billions for the promoters–you can’t outlaw everything and then go eat a cheeze burger– the enjoyment of cruelty and suffering are a part of our national psycology–we all love war movies and slasher films and they make gazillions of dollars–its just business folks–lay off Vick

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:13:21 +0000

Didn’t catch the bit on wolves/eagles, but will say there is no such thing as “irrelevant coincidence”. There ARE moments when we may notice one events relationship to another, and those are moments of decision. A friend who worked with bird dogs for upland game hunting spoke of dogs who “blink” and he meant “don’t see”. Humans do the same … don’t see, don’t allow themselves to catch the moment. Don’t respond from a sense of what is “right” vs what is convenient, or what will sell in this case. Writers who call you to task on the “coincidence” of the two articles are correct. But what I meant to write about is Vick’s apology. If he wants to redeem himself, (as he is quoted as saying), then he can spend a couple of years and/or quite a bit of money dedicating time to compassionate welfare of publicly speaking against dogfighting and/or dedicating same kind of energy and resources to animal welfare. Still way too many people who will only have male dog pets (”to not have puppies”) but will not neuter these male dogs. (Male human owners of this persuasion speak as if neutering the male dogs is “as if” having the same done to themselves and are quite adamant about it. They’ve told me this directly.) Of course, they won’t spay the females either, and puppy after puppy is born with poor prospects of being owned and cared for in joy and love. Vick could also speak out to encourage neutering/spaying. Not in a single statement, but in speaking engagements across time. I’d suggest 2 years at least. He might discover the part of himself he’d like to experience - the part that is in touch with compassion for all life. Thanks for opportunity to comment. Maggie.

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