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ORIGINAL: slaveboyforyou

I am probably going to get hammered for saying this, but here goes....What is the difference between dog fighting and rodeos or even horse racing?  I am not an animal rights nut by any means.  I think dog fighting is disgusting.  But I have a hard time seeing why one particular sport that exploits animals is any worse than another.  In my own state, there is a law against bear wrestling.  I have never actually seen a bear wrestling match, but apparently they were quite common at county fairs before I was born.  Rodeos are still common at the county fairs I have attended, and they are basically animal wrestling events.  I am sorry if I see a little hypocracy in that.  I see the same hypocracy when it comes to dog fighting, cock fighting, and bull fights being illegal and considered barbaric, while sports like horse and dog racing, rodeos, etc are considered perfectly acceptable. 

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As a society, we should aid in his rehabilitation and welcome a new Michael Vick back into the community without a permanent loss of his career in football," said R.L. White, president of the NAACP's Atlanta chapter. "We further ask the NFL, Falcons, and the sponsors not to permanently ban Mr. Vick from his ability to bring hours of enjoyment to fans all over this country."

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

Smegma.

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ORIGINAL: LotusSong

What Vick did was not:
 
An Accident
Done under the influence
An act of Passion 
The result of poor toilet training (as far as we know)

 
What he did was the result of arrogance and greed.  (as if $35 million wasn't enough)
 
Do I think he should spend a second in prison? No.  I want him bathed in gravy and tossed into his dog fighting ring with his remaining pit bulls so that HE has to be forced to fight to survive.  And if he doesn't fight hard enough, we can either hang, drown or electrocute him.  The pit bulls are probably going to be euthanized if not claimed.. so why not give them a fighting chance for a change.

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ORIGINAL: slaveboyforyou

I am probably going to get hammered for saying this, but here goes....What is the difference between dog fighting and rodeos or even horse racing?  I am not an animal rights nut by any means.  I think dog fighting is disgusting.  But I have a hard time seeing why one particular sport that exploits animals is any worse than another.  In my own state, there is a law against bear wrestling.  I have never actually seen a bear wrestling match, but apparently they were quite common at county fairs before I was born.  Rodeos are still common at the county fairs I have attended, and they are basically animal wrestling events.  I am sorry if I see a little hypocracy in that.  I see the same hypocracy when it comes to dog fighting, cock fighting, and bull fights being illegal and considered barbaric, while sports like horse and dog racing, rodeos, etc are considered perfectly acceptable. 

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

Smegma.

ROTFL


Okay,I`ll go w/ that....

Another disgusting piece of Smegma!  lol 

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Marc, that was in reference to owner59 and his party, not yours

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ORIGINAL: camille65

No hammer from me.
I do see a difference. The difference I see is that dog fighting is intentionally pitting (no pun intended honest) animals against each other with the end result being maiming or death.

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ORIGINAL: slaveboyforyou

I am probably going to get hammered for saying this, but here goes....What is the difference between dog fighting and rodeos or even horse racing?  I am not an animal rights nut by any means.  I think dog fighting is disgusting.  But I have a hard time seeing why one particular sport that exploits animals is any worse than another.  In my own state, there is a law against bear wrestling.  I have never actually seen a bear wrestling match, but apparently they were quite common at county fairs before I was born.  Rodeos are still common at the county fairs I have attended, and they are basically animal wrestling events.  I am sorry if I see a little hypocracy in that.  I see the same hypocracy when it comes to dog fighting, cock fighting, and bull fights being illegal and considered barbaric, while sports like horse and dog racing, rodeos, etc are considered perfectly acceptable. 

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ORIGINAL: camille65

Sorry but this really bugs me. Why do you use that particular word?
'Douche'?
Is it supposed to be nasty because it is for feminine hygiene?

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ORIGINAL: luckydog1

Thats an easy one to answer Thompson, in all the human activites the participants give informed consent.  In all of the animal ones, there is no consent given.  People (some of us) enjoy risking thier lives for sport.

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ORIGINAL: Alumbrado

Which brings us back to bearwrestling....

Depending on the opponent I could willingly give my informed consent to a bit of bare wrestling.

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John Lounge, 69, is accused of leaving Coco, his 5-year-old male Chihuahua, in his van for a half hour while running errands during the afternoon of Aug. 3 with temperatures hovering around 93 degrees.

Lounge was arrested by police Wednesday after an investigation revealed the dog died from the heat and not from any other ailments or conditions, according to court documents.

After Lounge returned to his van, he found Coco unresponsive, although he claimed he left the windows down and kept ice water in the van for the dog, according to court records. Lounge attempted to cool off the dog by laying him on the ground in the Home Depot parking lot and dumping a gallon of water on him. When that didn't work, he tried using a fan to revive his pet.

Home Depot employees who witnessed Lounge's attempts to revive Coco urged him to bring the dog to a veterinarian, which Lounge did before police arrived.

According to an affidavit filed by Portsmouth police patrolman William Dubois, Lounge brought Coco to VCA Animal Medical Center, where the dog was declared dead on arrival.

"The dog's temperature was determined 'too high' to read according to the thermometer," wrote Dubois. Veterinarian Katherine Bouras told the officer the thermometer does not read anything over 107.5 degrees."

According to a study done by the national nonprofit Animal Protection Institute, a car on a 92-degree day can hover close to 110 degrees even with four cracked windows and can rise 35 degrees within 30 minutes.

"That's because a car acts like a greenhouse, trapping the sun's heat," said the study, published on its Web site. Lounge told witnesses and police he only left the dog inside the van for five to 10 minutes, but surveillance tapes of the Home Depot parking lot showed Lounge left the dog unattended for a half hour, police said.

Lounge was released on $3,000 personal recognizance and is scheduled to appear in Portsmouth District Court Oct. 2 to answer the charge.

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

Should this man have been arrested?