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Originally Posted by habernac
tranny, I am also surprised by the thoughts of many people on this. On another forum, one of the guys had hunting dogs. And while he certainly didn't condone Vick's treatment of the animals, his opinion was "they're only animals, if he pays a fine, that's enough for me".
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What part surprises you? Most people, the vast majority in fact, have reacted more vehemently to this than to Ray Lewis' charges, Pacman's problems, etc. The point I take from the article above is that there is an inherent hypocrisy in the way we treat different animals - even different dogs. The article noted that 100,000 plus Greyhounds were summarily executed in the last decade. I don't think pointing out the hypocricy is tantamount to supporting Vick in any way, shape or form - in fact, at least for me, it is the opposite in that I'd like to see a whole lot of other practices banned.