Mitchell Report?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by GarthB

Just because an activity takes place in a particular part of the country does not mean it is a "cultural thing."

All the word "culture" means is the beliefs, customs, practices, and social behavior of a particular nation or people. And just like certain people listen to certain music and participate in certain activities and eat certain foods, people that get involved in things like hunting and dog fighting are doing so based on some cultural behaviors. Also I do not recall anyone from the Vick camp ever saying anything about this as a cultural issue. I think that was something some media people tried to use in as an explanation.

Originally Posted by GarthB

Child molesting occurs in Chicago. In fact, each year there are more arrests for child molesting in Cook county than there are arrests for dog fighting in all of the state of Virginia. Is it a cultural thing? Probably not.

There are probably more arrests in Cook County because there are more people in that area and it is a crime that the authorities care about. I do not see a major push to cut down on dog fighting as they do on child molestation. I do not see shows on TV called, "To catch a dog fighter."

Peace