Tuesday, August 28, 2007

No Tears For Michael Vick

Amazingly, many of the sports writers of the United States seem to have bought suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vicks' pathetic explanation and apology for his role in bankrolling the illegal dog fighting enterprise.
Well, for one thing, Mr. Vick did not confess to the most important charge levelled against him. That he was the ringleader of the whole enterprise, not just the banker. No, Mr. Vick suddenly realizes that dog fighting is wrong. I believe that Mr. Vick came to that conclusion as one by one, his cronies were singing like canaries to the federal prosecutor and all pointing the finger, and it should have been the middle finger, and Mr. Vick.
Mike Vacarro of the New York Post http://nypost.com bought it hook, line and sinker from Mr. Vick. Mr. Vacarro wrote that we should have seen what he saw as he looked at Mr. Vick and the puppy eyes, not his line, my line, of sincere regret. I believe the regret was that Mr. Vick could not weasel his way out of it. Mr. Vick had to cop a plea. And the plea was to the least of the charges.
That is the problem. As his cronies were selling Mr. Vick out faster than the dog in the Bush Baked Beans television commercials, the prosecutor could have made Mr. Vick have to take the plea on the more serious charges. But, he did not and while Mr. Vick is probably going to serve some time in jail.
I hope while Mr. Vick is in jail, he reads the Holy Bible as he now claims he has found Jesus Christ, and understands what the human being's role is in relation to God giving us dominion over the animals. It is not to train dogs to fight each other and when one loses you hang, electrocute, or some other form of torture.
Yes, I am hard on Mr. Vick. It is because I do not believe that he is sincere. I think he is taking a page out of the Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) playbook and first denying all allegations, then copping a plea to a lesser charge, which Sen. Craig did in his little dalliance.
I will believe Mr. Vick when I see what he will do for abused dogs, especially pit bulls. If he shows compassion, and maybe starts a no-kill shelter for abused dogs, he will move up in my book. If not, no tears for Mr. Vick. Just contempt!

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