Topic: Crime
| Subject | MARBURY CALLS DOGFIGHTING A SPORT |
| DateCreated | 8/22/2007 5:08:00 PM |
| PostedDate | 8/22/2007 3:30:00 PM |
| Body | While giving an interview, NBA player Stephon Marbury expressed his support for embattled NFL quarterback Michael Vick; who has recently been in the news for his involvement in an illegal dogfighting/gambling ring. Marbury also said that he considers dogfighting a sport. Click Here to read the full story. Sadly this is another case of an uneducated person making an uneducated statement. I don't see anything sporting about causing the violent death of another living creature, simply for profit and sick thrills. It's funny how the people who consider these types of death matches sports, are never the individuals inside the cages. It's sometimes hard for people to understand situations unless they themselves are in them. To that end, why don't we have all the animal-fighting enthusiasts become modern day gladiators. Put them in something like the Ultimate Fighting Championship -- but with no rules and fights to the death. In keeping with Michael Vick's practices, whoever didn't fight up to expectations would meet a gruesome demise by way of drowning, electrocution, etc.. I wonder if those same people, while in the last throes of death, would still see this as a sport.... |