Also, Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, tries to run a tight ship. If Vick gets out of line, he will get suspended, again, there is no doubt about that.
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Judah McAuley<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> When I used the word 'hero', it was because I have seen him called a >> 'hero' in some news articles. > > Suffice to say, I don't generally agree with most people spouting off > in the news. There is a reason I don't watch tv news. I also tend to > strongly disagree with the hagiography that tends to accompany the > death of any major figure. Happened when Nixon died, happened with > Regan died, etc. > >> I wonder how people would feel if Michael Vick drove his car off a >> bridge that resulted in the death of a woman and Ted Kennedy was into >> dog fighting. Honestly, I think the prison terms and public opinion >> towards both would be no different. > > Driving off a bridge is an accident. Torturing animals is not. That is > the big difference. > >> I think what Vick did was despicable. I think what Kennedy did that >> night on the Dike Bridge was despicable. Yet, Vick does not seem >> worthy of a second chance to many people (from your comments, I think >> its safe to assume you are one of those people). I wonder why that >> is. > > I think that Kennedy's actions that night were likely stupid and > cowardly. I suspect he'd agree. Because of the circumstances, we'll > never know exactly what happened, but yeah, I'd definitely call it > cowardly (from what I know of it which is all from a historical > distance). > > As for Vick, I don't care if he gets employed by a football team. I > find the NFL to be totally ridiculous. If the Eagles want to give him > a job, go for it. Maybe he can even get some measure of redemption out > of the whole deal. If so, great for him. Maybe, just maybe, he'll even > go on to be a positive influence in the lives of people and help a > bunch of folks. I doubt it, but I'm also a big believer in redemption. > right now he's a punk who tortured and killed animals for "fun". > That's going to take a lot of redemption. > > As for the reasoning behind why some folks think he shouldn't be > allowed to return to the NFL, my guess is because it doesn't seem > likely that he'll find the redemption that they'd like to see in the > NFL. Generally speaking, being showered with millions of dollars, > being being on national television and having tens of thousands of > people cheering you in adulation each week is not the kind of > circumstance that leads to introspection and a desire to better > yourself. > > Here's hoping that Vick does take the chance he has now, turns a new > page in his book and devotes his life, talent and riches to helping > people out. If he does that, he'll get a hero's funeral when he dies > too. That would be awesome. > > Juda > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303113 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
