Though all the dog lovers out there might hate me for saying it, I think maybe I should learn something from the way Michael Vick seems to be handling his past. It seems he manages to keep from being consumed by guilt over the wrongs he's done, without minimizing them. Of course, it could be that he still doesn't really think what he did was "all that bad," and by comparison, I guess I'd tend to agree . . . (the reader will please note that I am not suggesting that cruel treatment of animals is not a terrible evil, but its practitioners likely compare it against murder, torture, rape, and many forms of child abuse to conclude that it isn't as harmful as other things . . . )
There's Fr. Spitzer's "comparative identity" kicking in again. And I really think that this concept must be at the root of effectively dealing with my shameful past.
There's some important reconciling of my thought processes to be done here . . .
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