I am passionate about animal welfare and had a hard time forgiving Michael Vick myself but there are a few reasons why I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt. First, unlike the perception of the comment by MacKenzie, the guilty did have consequences and accountability, the man served time in jail as guided by the legal system we all operate within in the United States, he actually spent three years in jail, which must have been an adjustment for a person that’s been used to living a life of an NFL quarterback. Second, he was raised in a urban environment where this was the status quo, dog fighting, much like cock fighting is just ‘how it is,’ there are a lot of barbaric practices that we as people have exhibited toward animals in our history, for example the Romans would pay a good amount of money just to watch animals be brutalized in front of their eyes. But as we evolved so has our relationship with animals. Though group thinking is no excuse, its also hard for someone who has seen dog fighting as common place to see how horrific it really is… In my opinion falling from star QB to inmate has given Vick a shock of reality. I am sure that he won’t want to give up this life to return to jail for anything, especially dog fighting, which he now knows is wrong. So I am willing to forgive him but that doesn’t mean I’ll forget what he has done to all those poor puppies.

Karma has it coming for sick. The leeches he calls family will bleed him dry, AGAIN, and all his “homies” will divy up whats left. He will be financially broke AGAIN, and that, to me, is hysterical and fitting that one dummy can blow so much money and have shit to show for it! All types of failed business ventures, this sub human has all the business acumen of a rock. If he gets broken on the football field, that would be just fine too. Once he loses his scampering ability, perhaps a well placed hit will end that scamper for good. I mean, if he isn’t performing well, he is better off dead, right? Electrocution, drowning, maybe just a few slams to the ground? That is the compassion he showed for living things. Why should he be spared from the same justice he so cruelly doled out when he is supposed to be distinguished from the animal kingdom by a sense of right and wrong. It is missing in vick, so let him feel the same horror. Life goes on, right?

He is not intelligent enough to do anything OTHER then throw a football, and hopefully no network will touch him. They would have to write every word, because off the cuff he shows what his time at VT was worth…”just get him on the field”. This guy was a menace who was allowed to get away with piss poor citizenship BEFORE he was caught fighting innocent animals. His defenders are the same ones who claim to be wronged by the justice system, yet they perceive some type of “victory” when the justice system is skewed “the other way”, all of a sudden it is fair and equal. This is NOT a race issue, stop running out of argument and clinging to a race/social issue, you sound extremely un intelligent doing so. That very mindset prevents humanity from evolving. It is a travesty that we punish crimes of far less consequence with harsher and stiffer sentencing. Have these sick vick defenders actually read what he did? Have they looked at the viciousness of these crimes? There are many proverbs, in every culture, that teach us a human society can be measured by the way they treat their animals. We have a long way to go when we can defend someone who has committed such atrocities against companion animals such as dogs.

Perhaps his defenders should be reminded that he admitted to using his OWN pet dog in the ring. Yes, his own “pet”, exactly what he called his new “pet”. He sacrificed his “family” pet, for his sick pleasure, because he is a coward who can’t even stand up to a tackle, immediately runs, and would rather have an innocent animal provoked into fighting his battles. If the football field were a dog ring, sick vick would be “curr” and quickly eliminated. How you people defend a man who has done this to innocent animals is beyond me!

The argument that his children should not be affected by his punishment is also baseless. Reality is that children ARE affected by the decisions of their parents. That is why as parents we should make good decisions. The vick children are not immune from this. “Why can’t I have a dog” “Well, because I made some horrible decisions in my life, and that is a part of my punishment” I doubt the vick kids are hurting for anything, unless he is late on one of his baby momma support payments, again. In fact, if sick REALLY cared for dogs he would do the right thing and CHOOSE not to own own out of compassion and respect. He is certainly not deserving of animal companionship. He gave that up when he murdered them in cold blood. I would trust a convicted animal abuser like vick around a dog as much as I would trust a convicted child molester as a babysitter.

No, he is a self serving egotist and those defending him are probably dream chasers and sideliners who never made the cut themselves, so they live vicariously through his notoriety. They want to be like him, as they live their miserable, dreary existence refusing to get ahead because there are just oh so many obstacles and things “stacked against them” Pathetic. I challenge each of you to READ about the types of individuals who torture and abuse animals, and then ask yourself if you would really want vick as a neighbor, a friend, or worse, as a ROLE MODEL for you and your children. His behavior was text book sociopath, and any defense of it may mean you, yourself, may have some issues to work out. Or you are just ignorant. Both of those problems can be fixed, but it will take effort on your part…

The lack of action taken by the NFL on not only this, but other incidents of reckless criminal behavior is disturbing. Can you honestly say someone like vick, who commited these cowardly acts and also financed and gambled on these acts, should be allowed in the NFL? The NFL should be ashamed. If someone like Pete Rose, who put up superior numbers in his sport and reached a level that vick can only dream of attaining, received a ban from his sport for his crimes, then it simply does not make sense that someone like vick is allowed to be associated with a “professional” sports organization. Although, with all the scientific and medical evidence beginning to surface, I suspect the NFL will implode in the near future. Good riddance.

Really, the defense for his act is there IS no defense. Greater people of ALL races have risen from much crueler and more impoverished environments then the coddled athlete that is sick vick. It is a slap in the face to them to laud vick as a “victim” and product of his environment. These are your heroes? No, he will never live the act of cowardice down, he will be a villain in the majority of the public’s eyes forever. Deal with it. OJ showed his true colors, and karma caught up with him, it will catch hold of vick, and he will remembered as a cruel bastard sub human for much longer then he is remembered for his inability to hold onto a football. #truth