This week i had someone that i love, appreciate and loves a good verbal joust (but i would never say his name er... my little brother) in a light-hearted way give me a bit of hard time for seemingly to steadfastly avoid discussion of a several issues that have hit our nation's news wires and airwaves pretty hard over the past several weeks... the fact that i wasn't kicking these issues around for conversation here on this blog seemed to be a bit out of place for me he said.
i agreed... i have been avoiding a couple of "hot-topics" of late... in particular the one topic i have truly been loathe to talk about is the entire Michael Vick catastrophe.
What is there to say? As far as i am concerned, to borrow an idea that i read in a recent e-letter this week... "we should have seen this one coming...."
i mean think about it.... all around us we have people who think brutality to one another (UFC), brutality on celluloid (Saw IV... gimme a break) and brutality in music (misogynist lyrics, b**ch, H*'s, et al.) is perfectly okay as a matter of fact...it's big...no scratch that.... HUGE business.
Don't misunderstand, it in no way, shape or form makes what he has agreed that he did...right... i just wonder who are we kidding... is this unfortunately, what we have become?!?
So... let the conversation really begin....
5.9.07
I Think I Have Avoided This Long Enough.....
Labels:
abuse,
cultural trends,
justice,
Michael Vick,
UFC,
violence
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3 comments:
Vick risked his dignity, humanity, freedom, tens of millions of dollars, et. al. on dogfighting. However, he claims to have found Jesus as a result of this whole experience (see most recent press conference post plea agreement). Curious to hear any thoughts on that as well....
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In discussing the Vick saga with friends we seem to lock in on the lack of personal accountability in our society today. He could have easily just said (early on) "hey, I blew it-I did something really stupid. I'm sorry, I hope my fans forgive me". They would have forgiven him. He says that he found Jesus, I hope this is true and not an attempt to garner public sympathy.
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