In a message dated 7/19/2007 10:16:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Dog fighting was here long before rap-music and if the writer checks his history African Americans were not involved at the beginning! The writer uses this incident to link is dislike of the hip-hop culture and rap music..hell I don't like rap music either but I'm not blaming it for the ills of our society, Ah yes, but the rappers and gangs have brought it from the back woods to the city. It's "cool". For example, Missy Elliott and rapper DMX feature fighting dogs on album covers, and an unedited version of rapper Jay-Z's video "99 Problems" features footage of dogs preparing to fight in a pit as spectators watch. If that's not promoting it, I don't know what is. Elevating dog fighting to "cool" status among the bad boys and "wanna be bad boys" from the inner cities IMO is an absolute nightmare. I hope they make one hell of an example out of Vick. So happy to be no where close to the problem, even if it means dealing with an occasional dead rabbit, feral cat or too many toads:) Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC three generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions live here! visit www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================