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Chris Rock on Vick and Palin
The animal rights issue is always intellectually interesting to me. And again it seems like comics and less than traditional political commentary has provided some of the most interesting insights during this election cycle.
Rock makes a simple point: Americans seem to view Palin’s hunting habits and willingness to support hunting rights (killing wolves from airplanes) as a virtue while Vick is now in jail for animal cruelty. I think one could certainly argue that simply killing a creature is less “cruel” than training them for fighting and having them brutalized that way. But, still, not sure if I buy it. Shooting a moose or any animal, tracking it for hours as it slowly bleeds to death for the entertainment of the hunter doesn’t seem to be that far off from having animals fight each other for entertainment of an audience.
Thoughts or things that I am missing?