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To: danno3150; All
Good comments...I have two related questions possibly you ca answer.

I read somewheres int he last few days that for some years, rap stars like Snoop Dog have glorified dog fighting in their songs/videos. Is this true? If so, why hasn't SD lost his commercial endorsements. He did an ad for Chrysler last year, IIRC.

Your comments about the degration of culture, society are 100% correct. However, I thnk Vick is a different case entirely, far worse. He's what, 28???.yet he's been involved in the dog fighting culture for 6 or more years. That's about 21-22.. Psychological studies of serial killers show they just don't start out killig women..they build up to it over some years..they start out torturing animals, maybe arson. So Vick had to be doing lots of bad stuff for years as a teenager..he didn't just oen day "jump" into the blood-sport pit of dogfighting...

77 posted on 07/23/2007 12:43:37 PM PDT by ken5050
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To: ken5050
As far as dog fighting and rap videos go, I have no clue. I've never seen them and have no intention of seeking them out. Snoop Dog is another issue. He is a vile, gang-affiliated pimp and pornographer whom Hollywood has tried to spin as mainstream. Cynical ad execs through him into a commercial with Lee Iaccoca (the old fold) just to give 'street cred' and sell cars to rap fans. It just goes to show that you can engage in any kind of debasement of human beings and not lose an endorsement deal. Pi**ing of PETA is another thing, just ask Mike Vick.

Vick's involvement in dog fighting would appear to go back to his days at VA Tech (ironic in light of your serial killer comment). I can't really say that he's a fledgling Ted Bundy, but the methods he (allegedly) employed to kill these animals certainly makes me concerned. That being said, I'm alot more concerned about the harm being done to the women that Snoop has pimped out over the years than I am about any number of dead dogs. But that's just me.

98 posted on 07/23/2007 1:26:16 PM PDT by danno3150
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