So, here it is fellow citizens: the federal indictment of Michael Vick, a/k/a "Ookie." I did not know that Vick had a nickname, and would have never guessed it was "Ookie." Alas, we never did hang out that much.
Anyway, on a personal note, this whole dog fighting thing sickens me. I grew up with dogs and dog fighting disgusts me. I know how much power we, as breeders, trainers, and owners have over dogs. I volunteer for at least 3 hours a week at the local SPCA to help teach basic obedience to shelter dogs to (a) make them more adoptable and (b) give them a greater chance of a successful adoption once the new owners get them home.
I know so many people who spend a great deal of time and effort to help neglected and abused dogs. So to read about someone so rich, with so many resources, using them to harm and mutilate dogs is just beyond me. People like Vick and other wealthy people involved in dog fights could be doing so much to help save and protect dogs. But instead of donating to local shelter or appearing in a commercial for an animal charity, they mutilate and kill dogs.
It's shameful. You really get to know someone's character by how they treat the helpless. How does a powerful man treat a woman, a child, an animal? Does he care for and protect them? Or does he exploit and harm them? Shame on Vick and everyone involved in these crimes.
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He does have another nickname, look up "Ron Mexico" on wikipedia
Oh my god I am such a girl. I read this post and went awwww AV. Your a volunteer at the SPCA. Made me all warm inside.
From Wikipedia:
Ron Mexico lawsuit
"In March 2005 a woman named Sonya Elliott filed a civil lawsuit against Vick alleging she contracted genital herpes from Vick and that he failed to inform her that he had the disease.[12] Elliot further alleged that Vick had visited clinics under the alias "Ron Mexico" to get treatments and thus he knew of his condition. This led to a deluge of fans ordering customized #7 Atlanta Falcons jerseys on NFLShop.com with the name "Mexico" on the back.[13] Due to the media interest surrounding the case, the National Football League disallowed the use of the jersey/name combination two days after the lawsuit. On April 24, 2006 Vick's attorney, Lawrence Woodward, revealed that the lawsuit had settled out of court with a undisclosed settlement."
Nice.
I read a lot, as you may know. Last year I read a book entitled "Rust and Bone", a collection of short stories by a guy named Craig Davidson, who can certainly write.
One dealt with illegal dog fighting, specifically pit bull fighting. While the graphic descriptions of violence were certainly disturbing, it was nothing compared to the characterizations of the dogs' owners, who, if I recall, were middle-class white folks who had respectable lives but liked to raise fighting dogs for sport. As for the dogs, they only wanted to please their masters. They obediently suffered and inflicted horrendous punishment and death at the urging of their masters, because they wanted some form of praise.
Not an easy story to read, but one that obviously stayed with me.
PS:I hope Vick burns in hell.
Ironic news item:
Bomb sniffing dogs were used to search the courthouse before Vick showed up. Dogs. Dogs trained to save human lives, used to protect Vick.
Jackass.
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