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Originally Posted by diggy4  whether this be a learned behavior or something he thougth was "cool" and decided to give it a try is this. Michael Vick is paid millions of dollars a year to be a NFL player...with those millions you also are put in a leadership role. That man was millions of kids hero....my son for one....He has the Vick Jersey, cards, and when they play back yard football he always wanted to be Vick, he has the Vick football cleats. He did not fight one dog or even a few dogs and think holy S**t this is wrong. This was an on going behavior he DECIDED to involve himself in. He has had plenty of oppprtunities to be taught this is VERY wrong and NOT acceptable on any level. He went to College (Virginia Tech), he spends LOTS of time with non-violent men (team mates) so I dont care if he was raised in this environment or not he had the education and every opportunity in the world to STOP the VIOLENCE he didn't. Sorry but I dont buy the he is a product of his environment....I was born in a VERY small minded community in a Southern State and to this day it is a dry county (no alcohol sold within the county lines) and there is not 1 family of color within those county lines either. To this day the area is filled with racists pigs, and products of environments just as I was...So would it be okay if I was racist?? Instead I am the opposite. I moved to just outside Detroit...I send my kids to school proudly with many kids of many cultures and they LOVE it. He should have been a leader....NOT a follower but like mom said you can lead a horse to water but ya cannot make it drink. |
great example .. My question is i bet the whole town didn't think the same way u did. I bet yu have family and friend that still don't like black folk. so its not like ur whole town had an epiphany and said in one accord, THIS IS WRONG WE NEED TO CHANGE! nope it doesn't happen like that. They are still even products of their environment, just like my family who still turn their nose up at every white person. I don't go back and curse them and talk negative about them, I encourage them in a positive manor that hatred because of a color is wrong. it happens admit it and continue to be a part of the solution to that problem..
If i was on the other side and was dog fighting, i wouldn't stop it and all your negative comments would fuel me into thinking i can do what i wanna do, and u cant tell me i cant.. but if you came to me in a different manor you would more of a positive effect of me and my thinking. Hate on top of hate does not make the world a better place.