Aug
23
Sources: Boston Metro, SI.com (read article)
I found an article in the Boston Metro today (and I also found it on SI.com) reporting that the guard for the Knicks, Stephon Marbury, defended Vick and said that dogfighting is a sport. He even had the nerve to compare it to hunting. His words:
I think, you know, we don’t say anything about people who shoot deer or shoot other animals. You know, from what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s just behind closed doors.
No Mr. Marbury. No. First of all, things that are hunted are sometimes eaten. Also, animals that people hunt are not pets. There are millions of pet owners who look at this dogfighting case in disgust, because dogs, unlike deer, are domesticated animals. They weren’t designated to be hunted down, they weren’t designated to be eaten, and they definitely weren’t designated to be put in death matches with each other. Two dogs biting the life out of each other has nothing on hunting; it’s worse. No one says anything about people who eat chickens, cows, and other animals, either, and guess what? They get shot too. Dogs just aren’t meant to be put through things like what Vick and his comrades put them through. There’s nothing else to say and nothing to justify. Now, to the second part of Marbury’s quote:
I think it’s tough that we build Michael Vick up and then we break him down. I think he’s one of the superb athletes, and he’s a good human being. I just think that he fell into a bad situation.
It is tough, Mr. Marbury. But athletes, or anyone famous, for that matter, should know their status. People pay more attention to you when you’re famous. Hanging out with your old friends that do things as stupid and illegal as dogfighting is inexcusable. Vick is supposed to be a role model. Role models don’t do stuff like this. It’s definitely tough on him, and yes, he did fall into a bad situation. He could have very easily pulled himself about of it, though, and he should have. Now he’ll have to face jail time and all those pit bulls he bought are probably going to be terminated since they’re unsuitable as pets. He’s definitely a superb athlete; there’s no denying that. Good human being? Let’s see how many people think that now. I’m not one of them. He broke himself down. Now he has to face the consequences.
I have a question for Marbury: why is he even talking about this? Just hush and let justice do its thing. He pleaded guilty, okay? Doesn’t that tell you something?
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You go Jason! Even though in some ways I think it’s kinda wrong how dogs are somehow placed above other animals; it is definitely WRONG what Vick did. Wtf, forcing 2 dogs to fight each other and then killing them when they lose? WITH HIS BARE HANDS. No living creature deserves that type of treatment and fate. That man (more like monster) deserves his time in jail.