Ok, seriously, how could you have NEVER heard of Michael Vick? On 8/27/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > >
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