I have to say.... I had never heard of the man. I could not care less about football. But torturing dogs does strike me as unforgiveable. Not more so than child abuse -- I can't stand people who are horrible to other people but get all weepy over animals -- but equally so. I don't really think it's redeemable.
Now, dogfighting and sometimes putting an animal down, humanely, well, I would not want to know someone like that but it doesn't strike me as being AS horrible. On 8/27/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a big difference in my mind between "burned ants with a > magnifying glass as an 8 year old", and "strangled, drowned, > electrocuted, and bashed to death dogs for the fun of it as a 27 year > old man.". > > If you don't see a difference, then there is a difference between me and you. > > Had he just shot the dogs once, "humanely", this would be a completely > different story. If it was _just_ dogfighting, he would be getting a > better read. > > It is the torture ON TOP OF the dogfighting ON TOP OF the gambling ON > TOP OF the lying that is the real story here. > > And it is that torture that has placed him beyond the pale for many people. > > Normal people don't treat dogs the way he did. > > On 8/27/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe Vick did find God. It is possible, for someone to do something > > and realize they've strayed from the path of goodness. > > > > I'll bet Vick went to church as a kid. > > > > Did he find God because he got caught? Almost assuredly. > > > > But don't assume that BECAUSE he's facing the consequences of his > > actions, he doesn't know or realize what a fuckup he is. What a > > fucked up thing he did. > > > > Who among us didn't burn ants with a magnifying glass as children? At > > least, who among the males on this list. And it's a rhetorical > > question, if you didn't burn ants with a magnifying glass, > > congradufuckinglations. Keep it to yourself. > > > > You can all be as cynical as you want about his sincerity. > > > > I'm just getting really sick of seeing all the attitude about all this. > > > > Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. > > > > Vick will go to jail. He'll serve time. And he should. > > > > If you ask me, he deserves a second chance. Maybe not in the NFL, but > > *I* choose to believe that he's learned a lesson (and it's not "don't > > get caught"), and will *NEVER* do anything like this again. > > > > Rick > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241429 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
