I have, blissfully, not followed this story much.
Let me start by saying I'm a huge animal lover. I have two dogs and two cats. I can't bear the thought of even putting my one, old, sick cat down. It disgusts me to think there are people who fight dogs. For the society, like me, who have made dogs part of our family, we will never understand those who view animals differently.
Similarly, many people will wonder at our relative insanity for loving our animals like kids. My mom's husband is a farm boy who simply can't contemplate why the dogs are inside much at all, much less sleeping on the couch or in our bed.
I'm not so sure, despite my love, that I understand the "fundamental immorality" of dog fighting. Many breeds are BREED for fighting. It's what they are. It's what they do. As humans we have tried to refine the breeds, domesticating them in many ways, forcing animals to go against their very nature for our pleasure and it makes us and the dogs feel good when we do this.
But, what Portis said appears to be a reasonably reasonable statement.
Hey, if Vick wants to fight his dogs, so what. There are worse things out there happening, no matter how bad you think this is. Just relax. It isn't any of anyone else's business.
In the end, it's hard to disagree with MOST of that message.
