Michael Vick Article

Off Topic

  • This was posted on a list I am on with permission to crosspost. It was hard to read the article, and the author's defense of Michael Vick's action because "they were only dogs". Addresses where responses can be sent are included before the article. I think that the worst thing about this article is that the newspaper published it.
    *********************************************
    PLEASE CROSSPOST

    From:
    The Spectrum, Student Periodical; Univ of Buffalo, NY, USA.
    The Spectrum; 132 Student Union; Amherst, NY 14260
    PH: 716-645-2468 FAX : 716-645- 2766
    The Spectrum newsroom
    All submissions (letters to the editor or guest essay)
    may be submitted to the editor in chief.
    Stephanie Sciandra, Editor in chief
    Managing Editors

    Chris Ryndak, senior; Dan Mecca; Matthew Zajac


  • Awful, just awful..
    This writer should be ashamed!


  • this makes me sick. those dogs were tortured and then killed.. he should of got longer than that anyway..IMO

    How can he compare this to deer either.. the overpopulation of deer can hurt people. my boyfriends uncle was on his motorcycle the other day and a deer ran into HIM.. not the other way around. The overpopulation of deer causes more damage to people than dogs do. They are not similar in anyway and the writer is an idiot for even trying to compare them. And REAL hunters don't try to make the deer "FEEL it".. (sorry my father is an avid hunter and has taught me a lot about the subject)

    this guy is so dumb to me. it amazes me that an editor would even allow this in the paper or let the idiot who wrote it even be associated with the paper.


  • I do think you can compare the deer with the dog.. In my eyes it wrong if an animal is in pain when it is being killed. So fighting your dog, drowning it etc. is wrong.. as well as shooting a deer more than once before it is dead. If you are a good hunter, the animal is dead after the first shot. Otherwhise you should try to find a new hobby..

    And yes.. an animal is the 'property of his owner', but that also makes the owner responsible for the well being of his 'property'.
    It's ridiculous to think that because animals can't tell they are feeling pain, you can do anything with them.

    It's a pity for Vick that he's not living in the Netherlands though.. because here you won't get punished this hard for killing a dog.. Maybe a fine or something like that…:mad:


  • Thank you for posting this. I'm sending a link to my daughter at college and I'm sure she'll not only respond to The Spectrum but circulate the article to other colleges and universities.

    I'm hitting the Spectrum Feedback link (at the bottom of the article)as soon as I'm finished here.:mad: Here's a quick link if anyone else cares to respond:

    http://spectrum.buffalo.edu/article.php?id=37410


  • I will definitely be responding to the article with this response… From a personal and biased standpoint, I am an animal lover & think anybody who can do anything at all harmful to a helpless animal deserves the same treatment...
    From a purely factual standpoint: It is proven that animal torture very very frequently leads to other criminal behavior later in life. Children who throw cats into a yard full of dogs often end up in jail multiple times later in life from infractions ranging from petty theft to murder. Hurting animals often leads to hurting fellow humans.... that, to me, is a DIRECT harmful effect on humans, and to me, this isn't a harmless matter of an owner doing what he wants with his property without it bothering others.
    Furthermore, dogs that are raised and bullied and tortured into fighting become aggressive. Unfortunately, they are aggressive to everything, which could include a small neighborhood child it kills when it escapes its "home", or an elderly man, or anybody for that matter who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. This is another DIRECT harmful effect.
    Obviously, preaching to the choir here, but maybe this arguement will help the writer realize what an idiot s/he is.


  • I just don't understand the type of thinking the article writer published.
    You would want to believe we are way past that…"just a dog".
    Sigh
    Guess some folks are not.


  • I find it disturbing that the author has such little value for life and would write an article defending abuse. No living thing should be beaten and tortured and a person who values life so little that they would do so does represent a possible harm to humans. A person who is willing to justify such behavior because "it was only property" is also scary. His comparison to deer hunting is highly flawed since it is not the hunter's intent to cause pain and torture, they strive for a clean kill and the purpose is to increase the health of the population by decreasing numbers to what the land can support since there are no longer enough natural predators to do the job. People who torture and abuse wildlife are just as wrong as those who do it to domesticated animals.

    The absolute worst thing about this article though is that the editor of the paper thought that it was an appropriate "sports" article. That is the section of the paper that it was published in.

Suggested Topics

  • 1 Votes
    3 Posts
    550 Views
    tanzaT
    @imbj - Thanks for posting this... any treatments for this in dogs is great and great that there is ongoing research ongoing for all cancer in dogs and humans too!
  • 3 Votes
    9 Posts
    2k Views
    elbrantE
    @jengosmonkey said in Just saw this article - Popular flea collar reportedly linked to 1,700 pet deaths...: The subcommittee asked the company ... to issue full refunds to customers affected. So, your dog/cat dies from the collar and Congress sets a price on that loss equivalent to the price of the collar? Which is what? $20-30 (USD)? Clearly, our Congressional members are not dog lovers!
  • Article about dogs helping solders

    Off Topic
    4
    0 Votes
    4 Posts
    2k Views
    KipawaK
    @sharronhurlbut: That is because Therese has just love dogs and you picked the right breeder and pup! Did your homework and see how you got "lucky"!!! True, true. I know someone mentioned in a thread something to the effect that they were hoping their b would stop being so clingy. I, on the other hand, love how Kipawa wants to be wherever I am. He will wake up from a dead sleep to follow me into another room. He really does not like me to be out of his sight, and I love that, because when I am out with him at an offleash park, he is the same. He always wants to know where I am. Regarding "luck"… well, I think it was just meant to happen. Kipawa and I bonded instantly. His little sisters were more interested in Darrel in his wheelchair, but Kipawa had to snuggle with me on the couch and put his snoot in my hair. I will never, ever forget that.
  • M. Vick's reality show

    Off Topic
    14
    0 Votes
    14 Posts
    8k Views
    S
    Pizza Hut Dear Sharron, Thank you for your feedback. One of our spots mistakenly aired during the Michael Vick show a few weeks ago. Upon notification that the spot did run, we contacted the BET Network and requested that it be immediately removed from this program moving forward. We do appreciate you taking time to notify us of the issue. We appreciate your business! Pizza Hut Customer Service This message was generated by the Pizza Hut Customer Care System. Any Customer information noted above was entered into the "Contact Us" form at pizzahut.com. This is not an advertisement nor a subscription. Visit us again soon at www.pizzahut.com!
  • Vick signed

    Off Topic
    10
    0 Votes
    10 Posts
    2k Views
    MacPackM
    The only good thing about the whole mess is that it brought a lot of national attention to dog fighting and it's horrors. And some very good publicity about his "fighting dogs" being rehabilitated to be good pets. Time will tell if he really works with HSUS or SPCA to stop dog fighting, or if it is just an act to get back in the game.
  • Survey re: Michael Vick

    Off Topic
    32
    0 Votes
    32 Posts
    13k Views
    S
    I went to as HSUS 3 day weekend dealing with pit fighting. Most of the filming, I couldn't watch, and when I did, I just sobbed. These poor dogs are just treated so very badly. I won't even share what they do to them as puppies to "toughin" them up. Sick folks this group! No excuse for abuse. In my eyes, this is abuse of the worst kind.