Raising animals to kill each other is barbaric.

These people who raise animals have a debased ‘killer instinct’ that they feel has to be acted upon and they do this by supporting this barbaric treatment of animals.

These dogs were not domesticated so that they can provide entertainment for a few Neanderthal-type individuals who think it makes them feel macho.

Michael Vick and his friends made money on raising dogs to kill each other. He brutalized and killed these animals when it became apparent that his training did not reverse the centuries of domestication that society has bred into these animals.

Our legal system is absolutely justified in punishing anyone who resorts to this type of cruelty against what has become “man’s best friend”.

And now some NBA ‘star’ who defends this activity with the statement “We don’t say anything about people who shoot deers and shoot other animals” should get some education on hunting before opening his obviously, under-educated mouth.

First of all, the plural for deer is ‘deer’ not ‘deers’. Secondly, these are wild animals, they are not domesticated. (Look up the word domesticated in the dictionary so you can keep up.) Thirdly, if we did not hunt these animals they would overrun their natural habitat and become a threat to humans and livestock. And, yes, people are against raising animals for the purpose of shooting them. There are hunting clubs around the world that do exactly this and there are a lot of people who find it abhorrent. Oh, sorry, they find it very distasteful and mean.

So please, get up to speed on the morality of civilized society before you start showing your ignorance on the subject.

It is really sad that so many people look to athletes as their moral spokespersons. This society thinks that because a person can throw a ball, or run really fast, or take a beating on a sports field then that person automatically has some great intellect that we should all listen to.

Being a good athlete has always been a more desirable attribute than being educated. Beginning in high school, athletes have been given special consideration over education just to get them on the playing field. Then, when they get out into the real world people continue to look to them as if they are some special ‘guiding light’ for all of us follow. They are nothing more than entertainers. Pure and simple. They do not know what is best for society. They will never be listed among society’s greatest thinkers.

Given all of this, it is no wonder that the statement of an athlete would be spotlighted by the media as ‘important’ enough to tell the world.

Dog fighting is not a sport.

For our health, we raise animals for our nourishment. For our mental and psychological well-being, we raise animals as pets. For our entertainment, we raise animals in zoos so we can pay to see them in their ‘natural’ habitat and also to help preserve the species.

Dogs in particular have been a major part of our society as pets, protectors, and some would say friends.

Raising domesticated animals for the sole purpose of killing each other and then calling it a sport illustrates just how low and depraved these brutal and un-civilized people have become. It is truly reprehensible that these people are allowed to live amongst us, let alone be looked up to because they are athletes.