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Sidebar Re: T.O., Vick, Dogfighting, the South and Such

Posted by falcons

September 9, 2007 |

terrell-owens-c.jpgIn an interview with ESPN, Terrell Owens defended Michael Vick and compared dogfighting to deer hunting.  He claimed that it’s “just a part of our culture”, referring to Southern culture.  Really, it’s just a Southern thang?

That’s funny to me; I have spent 99.9% of my existence on this earth in the Deep South.  I was born and raised in Athens, Georgia (and still live there), and I have lived in Atlanta and near Richmond, Virginia.  In all of this time in the South, I have never once watched a dogfight, heard about a dogfight, or had friends or family involved in dogfighting.

But that’s just because I live in the city, right?  It’s a rural Southern thing, that’s why I haven’t seen it.  Not so fast.  Most of my family lives in rural north Georgia.  They all hunt, which is supposedly like dogfighting.  Yet none of them are involved in dogfighting. 

There is, apparently, a substantial subculture of dogfighting in this country, but I have no evidence that it is any way confined to or dominated by the South.  Pardon me, but I think this is just another example and way of everybody else calling us stupid and ignorant.  Well, no thank you.  I’m not gonna own that.

Dogfighting is terrible and wrong and downright animal torture, and being Southern is no excuse.  Michael Vick, I hope you do redeem yourself.  Everybody else, stop making excuses for him and insulting the rest of us down here (I’m looking at you, Whoopi Goldberg). 

Ok, I’m done.  Back to pure football this afternoon.


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  1. Terry on September 9, 2007 8:17 pm

    I have to agree with your assessment. I had never heard of dogfighting either until Michael Vick’s case and I am from the South as well.

  2. Juwan Rorie on March 10, 2008 7:20 pm

    People shouldnt even be talking about micheal in the first place. I mean how many athletes have made mistakes and still come back and whoop ass. In this case i sure hope that micheal comes back to the NFL and raise all kind a hell on that football field. Also if you think about any black man that gets in trouble will make the news for years but any white man who does something will be forgoton about and left alone after a couple a days

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