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Originally Posted by jp4m2  IMO....The only difference in the people who get sucked into that kind of destructive life and the ones who don't are the ones with a strong will, determination, courage, commitment, morals, and a good character.....nothing worth while is easy, if we only had to do the easy stuff in life not much would get done.....
We certainly wouldn't have surgeons, chemists, doctors, engineers etc...etc. if they quit because it got hard, sheer will .... sure your background can put you at a disadvantage but it surly isn't a life sentence of doom and it can be over come.....how bad do you want it?
The free pass comment came from reading the other sports figures making comments such as: dog fighting is a sport...it's no different than hunting.....dogs get into fight all the time....
These kinds of comment are an indication that Vick shouldn't be prosecuted for this....
LaPrincesa, I've seen several of your posts mentioning how your personally helping in your community to stop these kinds of things from happening, how exactly are you doing that, are you working undercover? |
I really didn't wanna discuss it here that is why i didn't elaborate. first off when this first broke out I called everyone from my hood all my cousins to check and make sure that they knew what was going on. I don't know any of them that actually participate for a fact but i do know a certain area where arrest were made in my relatives old neighborhood. I made sure to give them all a speech about animal cruelty and how it was wrong. I felt that that was the least i could do because some of these guys just don't have someone that knows better telling them whats right from wrong. I have planned from the beginning to make my boys therapy dogs so training is really important to me. Many kids who know people who own dogs or own dogs themselves have don't have trained dogs, or any have dogs they keep outside in the cold cold winter because they never trained the dog when they got it. i know because that is how i grew up.Many don't realize how easy it ca be to take time to train a dog basic things that can will keep both owner and a beloved pet happy inside a home no matter how big the dog is. Since i was planning on volunteering at my old job Children's hospital, as well as a few assisted living places, I thought why don't I call up my sons old Principal, and well as my old principal and see if i can bring my dogs in once they get certified. I did just that and I figure that once the children can see how good a pet can be and how easy it is to train a few tricks then they will remember that for their own pets in the future and the more kids i reach the more likely I will touch the heart of a potential kid who will be enticed by friends to harm an animal. I can tell them about how wrong harming animals can be and maybe they will look into my dogs eyes and know that its wrong too. Maybe those one or two kids that i reach will have the will and strength to say no or speak up and tell someone its wrong.
See for this i don't have to belong to peta and i don't have to do some undercover crap. I just have to be upfront and be myself and just take time out of my busy schedule and give a little back to the community and hope that my effort makes i difference.
this is why it strikes me funny to see everyone pointing fingers and complaining and not trying to do their part to change things. It doesn't take much to be a small part of the solution.