Dog the Bounty Hunter, Apology

Well, I must admit that maybe, just maybe I went a little too far in my article about Dog the Bounty Hunter. I received allot of "hate mail" from Dog's fans. If you took the time to read my other article, I never called Dog or his family names. What I did say was that Beth would have fit in nicely with the Nazis. Some of that is based on my observations of her character on the show. I owe Beth an apology. I am sure that allot of what we see on A&E is purely dramatized and that she is "acting" based on what she thinks people want to see. Honestly, I think that Beth and Dog are great parents and do really well with their family. That must be admired. I also admit that my article was based more on "page views" and opinion rather than fact.

Truth is, I don't know Dog or Beth and my opinions were derived sole from the show and other public appearances. The content of my article was based on the fact that Dog and family often talk about the fugitives they are after like they are the scum of the earth. I assume that bounty hunting is not that much different from war in the fact that it must be easier if you dehumanize your opponent. When we are at war our government does its best to dehumanize our foes by naming them. In WWII we were at war with the Huns and now we are at war with terrorists. They never say that we are at war with the German families or dirt farmers or the poor of the third world countries. If we thought of our adversaries as human, it would be much harder to justify killing them. It seems to me that Dog and family must use this same strategy when hunting fugitives to make it easier to justify.