I'm not going to get into society and all of that mumbo jumbo. Like I said, this thread wasn't meant for everyone's laundry list of what they think is wrong with the US and society and blah blah blah. Just because we treat one thing a certain way doesn't make another crime less pertinent. They are all completely separate issues and should be dealth with as such.

This thread was meant to state that I PERSONALLY don't agree with what HE did in this situation. I don't think he would be a good, SINCERE rep for PETA (not that I entirely agree with PETA). I PERSONALLY feel that it is a PR move (I am in the business of PR actually, so I happen to understand it quite well).

I do believe people can be rehabilitated, but generally speaking, I don't think prison is the place you get rehabilitated (dog fighting, domestic abuse, drugs, whatever) and the whole prison system is way flawed in that respect...that is also another separate long thread topic. I think time, counseling, restitution and relevant community service, etc. (maybe in dog shelters and fostering services for abused animals) is the best form of rehabilitation (and he has started the process) IMO, let me restate, IMO, the time he did in jail wasn't enough alone to rehabilitate him.

I also have little sympathy for how he might have been "raised" or his culture as it pertains to dog fighting. I was raised by 2 coke head free-basers and I am not...despite how I was raised and the culture surrounding a house hold of junkies. To me, it's just not an excuse to do wrong. He went to college, he was socialized and he knows the difference between right and wrong. Point blank.