New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell made a recent appearance on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" and was asked if it's time to stop playing the sport of football. Gladwell, a football fan, says the sport is no different than dog fighting. It's a stance Gladwell took shortly after charges of dog fighting were brought against NFL quarterback Michael Vick in 2007.
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Clearly, making dogs who have no hand in deciding on participating in this activity and human beings freely participating in a sport are the same thing.
Posted by: Reverend Paul Revere | July 29, 2013 at 09:24 AM