tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811893258346327939.post7500467897449504446..comments2023-07-24T22:29:02.523-07:00Comments on Tangled Triangle: Michael Vick and the PuppiesMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13229873505463921052noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811893258346327939.post-70893903768009747052011-01-04T20:49:09.444-08:002011-01-04T20:49:09.444-08:00"There is no "but" in Christianity...."There is no "but" in Christianity." That has got to be the most profound statement I've ever heard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811893258346327939.post-46835219564260962042011-01-02T13:14:10.551-08:002011-01-02T13:14:10.551-08:00Powerful post and on point.
What offends me most...Powerful post and on point. <br /><br />What offends me most is those who claim to want the legal system and laws upheld and when someone is tried, convicted, sentenced, serves time and released, they are expected to be demonized for ever. Certainly there are some circumstances where permanent repercussions of some sort exist (i.e. registered sex offender should NOT live near a school no more than a convicted drunk driver should choose to go to a bar). Even if it is suggested that he shouldn't own a dog again, I can live with that. I cannot live with the racially-motivated slurs and hatred from those who state that they are Christians like the one Tucker Carlson made. When a cop is sentenced to serve less/equal time for killing a man (i.e. Oscar Grant) as Vick and the outrage in society is about Vick, there is something wrong (especially when both of the men in question are Black.)<br /><br />It is easy and safe to ignore race. No one wants to hear about it. It is very easy to decide the animals that Americans "like" are wrong to hurt, as you pointed out so well. The hard task is to actually discuss the motivations of the hatred for Vick and "solutions to any of the actual problems that still exist" as you wrote in your comment. <br /><br />I like how you closed the post out: "I find people's reactions much more disturbing than the original crime. Why? Because those reactions reflect what we value, and what we value affects what happens on a large scale in this country." Dead on.<br /><br />Thanks for your insights.Trudyhttp://windmillperception.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811893258346327939.post-25937014079867486952011-01-02T11:40:51.990-08:002011-01-02T11:40:51.990-08:00I never really thought about the reform aspect...b...I never really thought about the reform aspect...but we as a country seem to enjoy watching public figures fall. <br /><br />I really don't know if he should be allowed to outright own a dog yet, I haven't talked to the man...maybe other efforts at reform first, but again, there's been very little discussion of solutions to any of the actual problems that still exist.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229873505463921052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811893258346327939.post-10061446999992079192011-01-02T11:32:21.611-08:002011-01-02T11:32:21.611-08:00I'm with you. And no one really seems to care ...I'm with you. And no one really seems to care whether he has actually reformed or not. Most people just want to drive this "once guilty, always guilty" idea, at least where a public figure like Vick is concerned. I can't figure out what more people want from him. (Probably nothing, really, except to be there as a scapegoat.)<br /><br />Also, the dog is not for him; it's for his daughters. They want a puppy. <br /><br />And I think it's a necessary and logical step for him. He's never owned a dog as a pet and has never had an emotional attachment to one. Dogs have always been status symbols and things to him, not a member of the family. What better way to soften a man's heart -- kids and puppies.<br /><br />As for the Christians, yes, that one leaves me flabbergasted as well, especially knowing that Vick is a Christian, too. I feel like slapping people upside the head with a New Testament sometimes. ;)lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05603807319832815566noreply@blogger.com