I know we all think that our football players are the smartest people ever born, but it is simply not true. Get over it. We seem to be confused when we find out these heroes do not have great moral character. We cry when they fail us, after all, they are supposed to be superhuman. They can run fast, they can hit hard, and sometimes they even sound intelligent when they speak.
So, what are we to do when they really slip up and do something evil, like fight with a few dogs, treat them cruelly, and then kill them? Do not get me wrong, I do not believe in cruelty to anything including animals. I think it is beneath us as humans.
Having said all that, it is time to bring some reality back to the world. If the greatest crime we can find to care about is cruelty to animals, then we need to wake up and have a cup of coffee. The world is passing us by and we are missing some pretty good stuff.
What does it say about our culture when the greatest football player of his day becomes an instant villain for killing some dogs? What of the millions we are killing each year through legalized abortion? What of the starving children around the world? What of real problems that really matter?
We have prisons so full we cannot put real criminals in them, but we demand “justice” for Michael Vick. Steve Taylor summed it up best when he sang, “you save the whales, you save the seals, you save whatever’s cute and squeals. But you kill that thing that’s in the womb, would not want no baby boom.”
If you feel strongly enough about this issue that you are voicing an opinion that sounds like we need to do more to destroy Michael Vick, then I have a thought for you.
Shut up, until you can find a cause that really matters! Maybe in the silence you can learn what it really means to be a human, created in the image of God!
That is all I have to say about that.
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