Vick’s Recent Flurry of Success is No Reason to Deny Forgiveness

Three Fingers of Politics ^ | November 24, 2010 | Stupac

[Tallguy]

I grew up in an area where cockfighting was perfectly legal until recently. I went to see the fights on occasion and even placed a bet from time. Doesn’t make me or anyone else there a psychopath (unless you have some strange morality system that not only gives animals’ rights but gives dogs more of them somehow). I’ve killed deer, hogs, chickens, turtles (usually by scalding), snakes, etc. No one has a problem with those but somehow dogs are more special? I really can’t understand that.

Times change. In pre-industrial times dogs were bred to perform laborsaving tasks for humans. The work was tough & the dogs were ultimately replaceable no matter how good they were at their tasks.

Now dogs, regardless of their original purpose or in-bred instincts, are viewed primarily as pets.

[The Toll]

He’s a piece of garbage. Those dogs were worth ten of him.