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BY MICHAEL KATZ - Five years ago, when we went to adopt Kimball, the mutt, not the pure-bred sportswriter, we were given material on the care and feeding of dogs. There was a quote from Mahatma Gandhi on the cover:
“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
Let us not judge this land by Michael Vick or Roy Jones Jr. There can be no debate that fighting dogs or chickens is an abomination, and I don't care how “natural” it is. I mean, you don't hear Don King howling, “Only in America, the underdog must have its day because it's not the size of the dog in the fight, but as St. Thomas Aquinine said, it's the size of the fight in the dog.” Bob Arum isn't out hyping King Rex as the best in show of all-time. Not even boxing promoters, who make money (when they're good at it, like King and Arum) by satisfying the blood-lust of the public, would soil their hands on this so-called “sport” of dog-fighting. [details]
“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
Let us not judge this land by Michael Vick or Roy Jones Jr. There can be no debate that fighting dogs or chickens is an abomination, and I don't care how “natural” it is. I mean, you don't hear Don King howling, “Only in America, the underdog must have its day because it's not the size of the dog in the fight, but as St. Thomas Aquinine said, it's the size of the fight in the dog.” Bob Arum isn't out hyping King Rex as the best in show of all-time. Not even boxing promoters, who make money (when they're good at it, like King and Arum) by satisfying the blood-lust of the public, would soil their hands on this so-called “sport” of dog-fighting. [details]
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