Dog-fighting Is A Lot Like Wearing Jewelry

From this article by Deion Sanders, which I encourage you to read in it's entirety, but don't have any food or anything in your mouth while doing so because you'll either sit there with your mouth gaping wide open in disbelief or you'll do a Chevy Chase spit take when you get to the good parts, and that's just nasty. Good parts like these...

And some people enjoy proving they have the biggest, toughest dog on the street. You're probably not going to believe this, but I bet [Michael] Vick loves the dogs that were the biggest and the baddest. Maybe, he identified with them in some way.

Are we using Vick to get to the ringleader? Are we using him to bring an end to dogfighting in the United States? The only thing I can gather from this situation is that we're using Vick.

I believe Vick had a passion for dogfighting. I know many athletes who share his passion. The allure is the intensity and the challenge of a dog fighting to the death. It's like ultimate fighting, but the dog doesn't tap out when he knows he can't win. It reminds me of when I wore a lot of jewelry back in the day because I always wanted to have the biggest chain or the biggest, baddest car. It gives you status.

When are we all going to ban together and put an end to these terrible atrocities. How long, people? How long are we going to allow members of the 1995 Dallas Cowboys to continue to speak in public?