Michael Vick

[red98vett]

Originally Posted by lgoodall

Actually, I was just diagnosed with a torn meniscus and cyst in my right knee. That's why I've been able to be on YT so much lately. I have to stay off my feet. It will require surgery. Anyone ready to wage war against the Dolphin Killers around the world.? I know it's not about dogs. But I hate the killing of Dolphins also. I've been around them a good bit. Just went swimming with them in the Gulf of Mexico. Don't you guys hope I get my knee fixed soon so I will quit blabbing? Not that I wasn't serious about the subject. Tucker's Mom

I'm with you there... and the killing of seals too...they're brutal about it...actually there is a list too long regarding how people treat animals. There is a humane way and inhumane way...in too many cases ...it's inhumane. We could get into our own food and how animals animals are treated - but that's a whole nother subject and not what this thread is about.

All the best with your surgery - it sounds very painful and I hope it's a success

[jrsygal37]

Originally Posted by tfalsetta

Michael Vick should be taken out back & put down like a dog....there is a difference between a criminal that commits crimes like robing a bank, house, car etc & this guy....He is an animal himself....A person that has this in him to do what he did does not belong on the same earth as my family & yours.....

I see you are new. I think we are going to be friends I share your same feelings. I'd love to be able to give him the same treatment he gave those dogs and I hope some NFL Players feel the same and beat the pi_ _ out of him. Elaine

[jrsygal37]

Originally Posted by VickiG

I believe like many others that he is not sorry for what he did, only sorry that he got caught. My daughters and I are big Cowboys fans and hate the Eagles. I have emailed the Cowboys with a good marketing idea ( dog t-shirts that read Dallas Cowboys - No dog killers here. I can't wait to run into a Eagle fan wearing vick's jersey, I told my daughter I was going to start barking. I have read so many articles of Eagle fans saying that dogs aren't equal to humans and to get over it. My animals are my family and if anyone would harm them they would pay dearly.

I like your post. I'm not a football fan but like your post. Elaine

[mnewco]

Originally Posted by red98vett

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 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

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.