The background facts of the issue are this:
1. Michael Vick was involved in a dog fighting ring where dogs were tortured and killed.
2. Mike was found, charged, and served time for his crime. Regardless of the term served, it was a term decided by the federal court in Virginia.
3. Vick was re-signed this week, and reinstated into the NFL, where he'll be a football star again, after being suspended since 2007.
4. Vick is working with local humane societies and with authorities to uncover underground dog fighting rings, and to help stop cruelty to animals.
5. PETA is off their fucking chain about it.
PETA is disappointed that the Philadelphia Eagles have chosen to sign a man who hanged dogs from trees, electrocuted them with jumper cables, held them underwater until they drowned in his swimming pool, and even threw his own family dogs into the fighting pit to be torn to shreds while he laughed. What sort of message does this send to young fans who care about animals and don't want to see them be harmed?
This is super interesting to me. And PETA is super intense imo. It's my opinion that PETA has no faith in the justice system, or in second chances in human beings. They obviously believe in second chances for animals. The kind of message I get from PETA is that they believe in the ethical treatment of animals, not the logical treatment of humans.
The kind of message that I get from Vick is that he's paid the price with his prison term, he made a mistake in his decisions, and he's working hard to make sure other people don't fall into the same pattern of behaviour. I get this message because I'm watching him say it on a live press conference.
Anyway, I'm not going to be a big hater of PETA. A lot of things they do point to stupidity without me having to do it.
Interesting story. That's all.
'Go write your message in the pavement'
1 comment:
i like this so far the best post i've read in a while.
and i am a peta hater haha for obvious reasons.
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