Comments on: Vick, City of Atlanta In For a Long Year http://TheSportsRumors.com/2007/07/20/vick-city-of-atlanta-in-for-a-long-year/ Everything You Need To Know, And Then Some. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:48:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Colin http://TheSportsRumors.com/2007/07/20/vick-city-of-atlanta-in-for-a-long-year/#comment-14 Colin Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:16:00 +0000 http://TheSportsRumors.com/2007/07/20/vick-city-of-atlanta-in-for-a-long-year/#comment-14 the real issue will be, when all is said and done (hypothetically let's say Vick is acquitted), will there still be any media interest in how rampant dog fighting is in this country? my guesses are no... but if there is, then the Vick coverage was more a catalyst than the story of the day. the real issue will be, when all is said and done (hypothetically let’s say Vick is acquitted), will there still be any media interest in how rampant dog fighting is in this country? my guesses are no… but if there is, then the Vick coverage was more a catalyst than the story of the day.

]]> By: Ontario Emperor http://TheSportsRumors.com/2007/07/20/vick-city-of-atlanta-in-for-a-long-year/#comment-13 Ontario Emperor Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:53:00 +0000 http://TheSportsRumors.com/2007/07/20/vick-city-of-atlanta-in-for-a-long-year/#comment-13 Any organization is going to use/abuse an event to generate publicity for its cause, going back to the Spanish-American War. I'm not excusing PETA's sudden discovery that dogfights are bad, but just noting that PETA isn't unique.<br/><br/>In your list of people whose race may have made them a target, I noted that Barry Bonds wasn't included on the list. There's good reason for that, since Bonds is a murkier case because he's breaking Hank Aaron's record. Any organization is going to use/abuse an event to generate publicity for its cause, going back to the Spanish-American War. I’m not excusing PETA’s sudden discovery that dogfights are bad, but just noting that PETA isn’t unique.

In your list of people whose race may have made them a target, I noted that Barry Bonds wasn’t included on the list. There’s good reason for that, since Bonds is a murkier case because he’s breaking Hank Aaron’s record.

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