Millions of us around the world have reflected on Michael Vick for the last week or so. Not only is it apparent that he led a business that was illegal on several fronts in the United States including betting across state lines, he is a monster to many societies in inflicting injuries and death to man’s best friend.Â
The entire world does not share our concern at his activities. Animal fights are a staple in many societies, both for profit and for recreation. We hunt and fish like nobody’s business for recreation across the world. Humans eat dogs and all manner of creatures everywhere that we would make illegal here in the States.
The point here is that the citizens of the U.S. specifically voted legislatures into being that declared dog-fighting illegal. The law is widely distributed and the average man certainly knows that you can’t be involved without breaking the law.
Michael Vick may or may not go to jail and be fined extraordinary amounts, but he will suffer in the court of U.S. opinion. He cannot, like Barry Bonds convicted or un-convicted of steroid useage, ever get away from the footnote of animal abuse in his lifetime. The stigma never blows away. His financial future is probably limited both in football and in the merchandise sales area now. He will be like Pete Rose depicted as a person who willfully disregarded the law because he thought he could get away with it. Whatever money or recreation he gained from dog fighting simply puts him forever in the position of second class citizen. He has lost the position of trust that the public held for him just two or three short weeks ago.       Â
16 users commented in " Michael Vick is a felon and hideously cruel to animals "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI think that we should do to Vick what what he did to those animals. Let the SOB Rot in jail. I’m from VA and honestly that makes me embarrassed to live there. He has all the talent and blows it for a little fun that just proves how sick and demented he really is. I’m not a PETA or Animal rights activist or even a Racist but you really have to to be F#$ked up dumb ass to do that for enjoyment. Just throw the damn book at him and send him to jail for the long haul.
It’s totally amazing how someone, who has everything, who is handed the keys to the kingdom, can be so incredibly stupid in his decision making. Michael Vick may be the most ignorant person ever put on the planet…..not to mention unbelievably cruel. I hope he gets the maximum penalty……as well as his idiotic ‘friends’…..who participated as well.
It’s disgusting, that’s what it is. He better get the maximum to show other idiots just what will happen when they get caught. Why don’t they put him in the pit with one of them and everyone bet!! I bet he will change his outlook on it after!! And if he was underperformed, should he be hanged or drowned like the dogs that they killed? Throw the book at the waste!!
I see outrage launched at Vick from every source, as he so richly deserves.
Nike, you SUCK. Reebok, you SUCK. Nike, in particular, is reprehensible for not coming out staunchly on this issue. It suspended the launching of his new shoe, No. 5, yet wouldn’t pull his other shoes from the shelves. Reebok also has not come down as firmly as M. Vick’s, short for Monster Vick, actions have warranted. One good thing came out of this: Others engaged in this despicable, horrific and merciless activity can see what will happen to them WHEN they get caught.
Ultimately, I hope Vick ends up in a cage..not for dogs, but for people that engage in activities deemed unfit for society association…a jail cell. You had it made in the shade drinking kool-aid, M. Vick. Might wanna buddy up to O.J. You could use some tips on living on in a society that finds you beneath contempt.
Vick has probably made the stupidest decision in the history of sports – he has thrown away upwards of
$2000 million in salary and endorsements for the pleasure of watching an activity that any civilized
adult (which Vick is neither) would find repulsive. May you rot in hell, Mikey baby, dumbest cluck on the planet.
funny how all you people think someone died and made you judge, jury, and executioner. And I suppose you all know exactly what evidence the prosecution has also? My advice to you would be to shut up and keep your biased opinions to yourself until the real courts decide what happens. And if Michael Vick is proven innocent I think each and every one of you should be fed a heaping pile of shit straight from Micheal Vicks ass.
Hey Sanch3z: if it was your own money, your personal money, like the money you have in the bank, and you had to investi it in Michael Vick, would you? Whether a court of law has proven him guilty or not, sponsors and the buying public have already made up their minds with their buying decisions. If you fronted the money, say 50k, and over the next few months as the trial was looming only made 5k on your investment, you’d be out 45 thousand dollars because the buying public votes with their dollars, not with the US Judicial system.
He’s guilty in the minds of the buying and paying and fan base public for their own reasons. Reasons they’re all allowed to make given we all have Free Will and the right to do so, and over here its a Free Market Society. The Court of Law can determine the Legal guilt, but thats another matter.
Even if the Court of Law says NOT Guilty come next Year, the buying public is not going to suddenly start buying again. So your investment would have been a bad one on a Not Guilty yet by Court of Law decision.
Money Talks Bullshit Walks. And right now Bullshit is walking, irregardless of a Court of Law Decision. Sorry, but thats the way Life works sometimes, but you already know that part.
Even if he only knew about it, which he had to, he’s a dirtball for letting it go on. Hey Sanch3z :Open wide, I think that heaping pile will be coming your way in the end.
Well, well.
Sanch3z, says let the man plead his case before the law. This is the basis of civilization.
Billy bouy says, you are guilty if the court of public opinion says that you are guilty. This is fertile ground for totalitarianism.
Our erstwhile blogger, Burns, used this philosophy to publish a review, which is a pity because I stopped by this blog hoping for deeper thought on the matter.
From what I have read, there is enough space for Vicks to probably prove that he was not directly involved. However, when you are a public hero, like a sports star, you need to be, like Caesar’s wife, above suspicion.
Galliwasp
Point well made billy. No, I wouldnt invest my money in Michael Vick right now. PETA, the media, and other organizations are doing everything in their power to hang Michael Vick and they have convinced a majority of people that that is the right path. Hopefully the majority will not influence the real judges as they have influenced Nike, Reebok, The NFL, etc…..
The majority of American society(sheeple) is ignorant, readily ingesting the crap that biased media reports feed them. The overblown water bottle incident is perfect example.
Saying you are embarrassed to be from Virginia because Michael Vick is from there is just plain dumb. Should I be embarrassed to be from Milwaukee since Jeffrey Dahmers crimes happened here?
With that I will leave all you tv babies with something else to ingest:
http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
“Despite its constant moralizing about the “unethical” treatment of animals by restaurant owners, grocers, farmers, scientists, anglers, and countless other Americans, PETA has killed over 14,400 dogs and cats at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. During 2005, PETA put to death over 90 percent of the animals it collected from members of the public.”
At least one of them is going to tell the truth.
One of Michael Vick’s co-defendants pleaded guilty Monday to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges and agreed to fully cooperate with the government in its prosecution of the Atlanta Falcons star and two other men.
The ‘Bad Newz Kennels’ operation and gambling moneys were almost exclusively funded by Vick,” a statement of facts supporting the plea agreement and signed by Taylor says.
The statement also lists several dogfights that Taylor claims Vick attended in Virginia and other states.
As a country I think its time the United States changed its name to better suit the majority. I would like first dibs on the suggestion of: “United States of Retarded Ambulance Chasers”…..
Some people are just dumb… and that’s that. I would have no problem hanging Mr. Vick from the highest tree, with the dogs he didn’t kill, barking at his carcass.
Hey Sanch3z who are you to tell people what they feel or what to think or say micheal vick did horrible things to animals and if he was innocent he wouldnt be trying to plea bargain on the case and if you codone this type of behavior then your just as ignorant as vick so step up to whats right and quit swinging from vicks jock.
Thats very rude Frank your an azz hole
Michael Vick should be doing 20 years instead of 2. He’s a man of no compassion. He has set his course and will pay for his actions in this lifetime and after. He deserves to lose everything he has for the torture and murder of innocent dogs. These dogs who were sacrificed for his own entertainment and profit. He is no American hero. He is hands down one of the biggest losers the world has ever known. For those of you who are still fans after this tragedy…you all need your heads examined. I deeply hope he never makes another dollar….that he never finds love…and that he never finds fulfillment as a man. People like this don’t change. Yes, he will say he found God in prison and he will tear up on Oprah’s couch, but it will just be a ploy to get back in the world’s good graces. He will not be a changed individual. He is just a cruel man who had to do some time at a Summer camp. He will be an old dying man one day and I shiver at the thought of the hounds of hell who are waiting to meet him.
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