EBay — Man’s Best Friend?
The Humane Society is using EBay to raise some money, but I’m a bit uncomfortable with the whole thing.
The Humane Society is raising money by auctioning off the notes Michael Vick used for his apology last week. Really, this isn’t some kind of joke story. It’s in the New York Times. Here’s the text of the notes, as revealed in the Times.
The talking points were written on a slip of notepad paper with the logo of the Omni hotel. The note reads:
1. Apologize for what I’ve done.
2. Apologize Commissioner, AB, Petrino, Ashamed, Disappointed.
3. Young Kids I acted immat.
4. Forgiveness + Understanding
5. Take Full Responsibility For my Actions.
6. We All Make Mistakes. I’ve made mistakes in judement (sic).
Scrawled in the corner in similar handwriting is the statement, “Dogs have Suffered.”
This seems a little odd to me. An Ebay auction by such a reputable organization as the Humane Society? Seems a little tawdry to me. Shouldn’t the Humane Society be a bit more dignified than that? And, as one of my students notes, shouldn’t the Humane Society do something that aims at erradicating dog fighting altogether? Maybe even help in Michael Vick’s rehabilitation?
Whatever the issue here, it seems a bit odd to me. But there are all sorts of apologies out there. I’m wondering what would happen if selling those notes might become a trend. Would Paris Hilton’s apology notes be used to help Mothers Against Drunk Driving? Would Larry Craig’s apology notes be used to help some gay organization? Lindsey Lohan’s notes could be sold to help some organization that provides young women with panties. Brittany Spears’ hair could have been sold. . . right? (Oops, they already tried that one.)
Gee, that’s pretty tawdry, too. Perhaps the Humane Society shouldn’t have gotten involved in the Ebay thing at all?
In the interest of giving credit where credit is due, this short article was written in class today, where I teach composition to 24 students. Of course all errors are my fault, but some of the ideas here came from discussions between myself and the students. Who knows. . . they may even comment here.
I sure wants to thank Mistur Reynolds for learning us kids how to rite and talk more better.
And anuther thing. He ain’t no dummy! The other day he says to me, “Would you rather be dumber than you look; or look dumber than you are?” When I says, “I’d rather look dumber than I am”, he says, “How could you”? What an intulect!
Looks like a troll to me!
I’ll take care of him!