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Originally Posted by PSUSkinsFan21
Not only would that be a completely inequitable result (presumably, I'd somehow be more culpable than Vick because I didn't grow up in a slum that had a bunch of degenerates promoting dog fighting), but it is also the very attitude that perpetuates continued commission of the same crimes from one generation to the next. If you can't see that connection, then I'm at a loss. I really don't know how to make it any clearer to you.
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I understand what you're saying and I actually agree in principle, and I don't agree with or condone what Portis said and what Vick may have done. My point was that I also understood why Portis made the comments, and that part of the story should be a non-issue anyway.
I disagree though, with the idea that Portis' attitude perpetuates the continued commission of that particular crime, and I highly doubt that anyone is going to pickup dog fighting as a hobby because of what Portis said. Dog fighting, cock fighting, etc., has been part of rural southern culture for a very long time, and it's not going to stop because a few people are mad that Vick is involved in it. Something drastic will have to happen within the southern culture itself, to change things.