| mnewco | 08-20-2009 06:50 PM |
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Originally Posted by red98vett
(Post 2755840)
Ok....don't be hatin for what I'm going to say - its just something to think about.
what he did was inhumane - totally cruel & sick ...but....step back and think about this - REAL animal abusers get a thrill from pain and torture. The kind of animal abusers that grow up to be killers and such.
Vick was running what I think 'in his mind' was a business - one for greed yes - one that is cruel and sick yes - but...I dont think he was a thrill abuser getting his rocks off by hurting animals
I think some people have a different mindset when it comes to 'fighting' various animals. They see it as sport and it's about the money ....all the way. I think Vick is one of those people.
Again - what he did was despicable and I am very against him playing football BUT - look at it this way - its a done deal. He's going to play.
MAYBE him back playing football will keep focus on all those who are STILL fighting dogs....it's going to be brought up constantly. He did go to prison for this - which is way more than lots of those people get. Never before has the dog fighting sick 'sport' been brought to peoples attention like this before.
The NFL can suck eggs too - they don't care that they have felons playing as long as they bring in fans. I know some teams wouldn't touch him .... but it just may be that jail and the hate Vick is getting from around the country just may make him re-think what he was actually doing and give him a new perspective on how special dogs really are.
My son is big into sports and he seems to think the man is genuinly sorry for what he did. He (Vick even made some humble comment like "I can\'t believe I\'m getting a second chance when my dogs never had one"....could be he\'s lying or it could be he really is sorry for what he did....he really just may not have known any better.
There are kids and men out there right now thinking it\'s fine to fight dogs -roosters - you name it - because they don\'t see the suffering. They see the money. Vick just may have been those people and maybe ....he sees the light now..
ok - you can start the hatin now :D I just had to say that only because there really is nothing to do about it. He got hired and will play.
nice role model for kids huh ? Hope they make him talk about how wrong he was every chance he can as part of his release.
I\'m stepping back now so I don\'t get pelted with beer bottles
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I have been trying to explain the same thing but I can\'t find the words.
I think many people on the forum did not see his interview because they hate HIM. But if you did, you would have seen where he said as he was growing up, he thought this was okay to do. The cops who saw his relatives do this when he was 8 years old, just got back in their cop cars and didn\'t look back. You need to imagine when you were 8 yrs old. You too would follow your family members if they said it is okay for adults to do. Also, dog fighting and rooster fighting are culteral sports.
Now the question I have is why didn\'t his mother teach him right from wrong which parents are suppose to do??? That is the number one question I would have asked him if I ever had the chance.
As far as the sponsors goes, they signed a contract with the NFL long before Vick came back and if they back out, the NFL will sue and Pepsi will pay out too much money they can\'t afford in this bad economy.
The Eagles happen to be a team I like but that doesn\'t mean I support what Vick did. I support the team. I look at it like more people do than you think that he payed his debt to society. It doesn\'t make it right what he did but it makes it right that he payed for it. So many people don\'t get what he did. Take those jerks that put cats and dogs in ovens. Now those people should die. That is worse than what Vick did in my eyes. | 