Lawrence O'Donnell has an essay in the Huffington Post today essentially asking why there is so much outrage over NFL player Michael Vick killing dogs when there is no concern that dogs are killed and eaten in Asia, and when we consider hunting and fishing positively virtuous. He also refers to the moral relativism (my term) of euthanizing sick pets and injured race horses.
If Lawrence O'Donnell will indulge me, I would like to expand on his thesis to talk about the same inherent gut-thinking in regards to American attitudes towards food and abortion. Why are we bothered by the dead dogs on Michael Vick's property, when we are not bothered by the steaks he may have in his freezer? What if he had dog steaks in his freezer? Monkey steaks? And what does this have to do with abortion?
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