Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Is It Ethical to Make Money Off of the Michael Vick Dog Fighting Situation?

There is no questioning the fact that dog fighting is gruesome and immoral lifestyle and those involved should face severe punishment. The question I pose to you is: Is it ethical to make money off the Michael Vick dog-fighting situation?

A simple Google search shows there are already a few people making money off of anti-Vick t-shirts but the one I find the most questionable is PETA.org. If you visit the PETA website you'll notice on the right hand side of the site they have created a cafepress store with anti-Vick shirts, hats, buttons, dog clothes and other products. This seems like very unPETA-like behavior and it rubs me the wrong way. I don't see UNICEF or the NAACP offering products for sale to make a quick buck. I'm sure that with a case that involves such a public figure the temptation is huge to monetize the opportunity but to me there are moral issues that would supersede the almighty dollar.

I think ethical companies that have ties to Vick have already made the correct moves in distancing themselves from Vick. Take Nike for example, they have already removed any Vick product from it's site as you can see by a search on Nike.com that returns "No Products Match Your Search". While I know this is PR damage control for Nike, there are other roads they could have taken, but they chose the high ground. PETA on the other hand is too busy chasing dollars rather than working on their image, which could use a little help to have people take them more seriously.

If you had the chance would you have a problem making money off of the Vick Dog-fighting situation?

Posted By Matt O'Hern at 07:57 AM
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I feel it is unethical for them to make money off of this situation and at the same time exploit dogs themselves as well as dog owners! This is almost as dispicable as this whole Michael Vick "dog fight" fiasco itself...

They are not hurting Michael Vick, they hurting the dogs whose owners would buy these shirts and pins out of emotion by promoting the number of the man responsible for abusing some dogs.....

Comments by jay : Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 05:19 PM

Frankly, I think making money off the Vick situation is cool. I made my friend's pitbull a red scarf that says "F*%# Michael Vick!" It gets a laugh every time, and if people ask for more, then I will do it.

Comments by dan o : Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 12:08 AM

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