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« on: August 15, 2009, 01:40 PM »
I have to disagree with you Dressel. I can't draw a moral equivalency between hunting a deer (or moose, caribou, turkey, etc) for food with the training of an animal to fight and kill another for amusement and then brutally killing it when it loses. That lack of respect for life is how most serial killers got started!
People like Michael Vick are part of the reason there are stupid laws in various cities have laws against owning certain types of dogs...when all these dogs like to do is please their masters, it's just that they are very powerful.
Pete Rose is banned from baseball for life because he made a few bets (as well as possibly fixed games when he was a manager, but it's been difficult to prove). Micheal Vick committed, in my eyes, a much more serious offense and he's allowed to play again, as well as make millions of dollars n the sport.
I think Vick, Pac-Man Jones, and all the other people in professional sports should never be allowed to play again as punishment for their crimes, on top of what they get in the courts. They are role models to kids and letting them play again sends a bad message to everyone.