Summary
While the controversy surrounding Michael Vick continues, a few stark realities present themselves, all of which have an element of moral relativism. The sad fact is that "thuggery" has seeped into every avenue of the American culture and our society is accepting it.
The acceptance of "thuggery" in professional sports is a given. From the National Basketball Association to the National Football League, the counterculture urban bad-boy image has been accepted as "cool." One need only look at the offenses professional athletes are being arrested for and charged with to understand the spectrum of the problem. From Michael Vick's guilty plea in the despicable dog fighting scandal to former Chicago Bear Tank Johnson's repeated weapons offenses, from Charles Barkley's assault charge for throwing a heckler through a bar window to the Baltimore Raven's Ray Lewis skirting murder charges through a plea deal, the idea that professional sports figures should provide role models for our nation's youth has been discarded and their behavior deemed acceptable so long as it generates the almighty dollar.See the full content of this document
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Accepting Thuggery
The urban counterculture bad-boy image - or "gangsta" image - prevalent in most of today's professional sports and modern music cultures, preys on those susceptibl...
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