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Originally Posted by Samarta
I haven't read the entire thread because I couldn't pass over this comment without a response....You don't know what he did wrong? You can't be serious....Besides the statement itself, here is the issue....His athletic ability has placed him in a position where he is not only a good football player, he is a respresentative of Joe Gibbs, The Washington Redskins, and the NFL. Whether he likes it, you like it, or anyone else likes, what he did was promote dog fighting.....to say there is nothing wrong with it as long as it's on private property....All he did was portray the exact image that the NFL, NBA, and every other major league sport is trying to get away from....I'm a big bad professional athlete and will dress as I please, say what I want, and about the only thing that you can do is boo me....that's b.s......
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I'm just defending him. What did he do?? A point I was trying to make is that there are those who would consider horse racing as barbaric and cruel as dog fighting. Do I agree with that?? No I don't, but I can understand the point of view those who view horse racing like that are coming from. Someone growing up in poor, rural Mississippi, would most likely have a different point of view on dog fighting (Portis) than I would. I'm not sure I understand his view, but unless he is currently fighting dogs, he has done nothing wrong other than say stupid words. I view horse racing as majestic animals running and excitement. Others may view it as animals being mercilessly drugged so we can bet and having many (in their point of view) snap their legs in their drug laden eforts. The truth on horse racing is somewhere in the middle most likely. The same with this dog fighting issue. I agree with PIllow, in the overall scheme of life, alcohol is a much bigger threat to society than these people fighting dogs. Should it happen?? Of course not...but lots of things shouldn't happen in this world that do...and on the large scale, I'm not sure dog fighting is high on the list of things that shouldn't happen that we should try to stop...it should certainly be on the list, but lot's more things have priority over that.