I guess I just don't get it. Vick f#cked up but thepunishment is far outweighing the crime. So he killed some dogs for sport. It's not my cup of tea but it was something he was raised as a young boy to accept and tolerate.
I don't have a problem with people hating him for snuffing out some dogs that's your right as a animal lover. I would just love to see the same people show that same conviction when it comes to the police K9 units. Those dogs are trained to perform a service (sniff out drugs, attack, kill and sometimes get killed in the line of duty). However if the K9 dog doesn't have the make up to cut it as an officer those dogs too are being put down due to low work performance.
Vick doesn't deserve 23 months in the slam and have to give up his NFL career over this. Fine him a million dollars give him 90 days in jail since he is after all a first time offender who fully didn't grasp the nature of his crime. That ref in the NBA didn't get shit and what he did was 50 times worse then Vick.
I think the court system failed us on this one. If this would have took place in the 80's or 90's Vick wouldn't have even missed a game check but in 2007 the year of the lapdog owners you can now beat, neglect and mistreat your kids and get away with it but if you hurt a dog you are Public Enemy #1.
Oh yeah and f#ck PETA. I work with some chick who is a PETA member and she could careless what people do to cats only what people do to dogs. What a bunch hypocrites!!!!!
I don't have a problem with people hating him for snuffing out some dogs that's your right as a animal lover. I would just love to see the same people show that same conviction when it comes to the police K9 units. Those dogs are trained to perform a service (sniff out drugs, attack, kill and sometimes get killed in the line of duty). However if the K9 dog doesn't have the make up to cut it as an officer those dogs too are being put down due to low work performance.
Vick doesn't deserve 23 months in the slam and have to give up his NFL career over this. Fine him a million dollars give him 90 days in jail since he is after all a first time offender who fully didn't grasp the nature of his crime. That ref in the NBA didn't get shit and what he did was 50 times worse then Vick.
I think the court system failed us on this one. If this would have took place in the 80's or 90's Vick wouldn't have even missed a game check but in 2007 the year of the lapdog owners you can now beat, neglect and mistreat your kids and get away with it but if you hurt a dog you are Public Enemy #1.
Oh yeah and f#ck PETA. I work with some chick who is a PETA member and she could careless what people do to cats only what people do to dogs. What a bunch hypocrites!!!!!
100% totally wrong. Most of these dogs cost thousands of dollars to purchase. These dogs are required here to live with their handler. I know quite a few people who have adopted the dogs after their "retirement" from the police dept.
To say they kill these dogs if they don't pass training is a ridiculous statement.
This is what's wrong with some people in America. They take an isolated situation and make flat out terrible conclusions.
The reason why this got so much press was not because it was a crime against animals, rather it was a crime committed by a famous athlete. Once you mix in a crime and a famous athlete you get a media frenzy. Do you think Vick would have gotten less press coverage or a lesser sentence if the crimes he committed against the dogs were actually committed against humans? He'd be serving a life sentence right now.
Exactly. People try to compare similar cases and draw their conclusions from that. Vick was a major NFL star, that's why this case got so much media attention. Hell, everytime Britney forgets to wear panties it's headline news.
This country, for some reason, is infatuated with celebrities and whatever they do. People like it when stars screw up. Again, quit making excuses for Michael Vick. He is going to prison because he chose to commit a crime. The pussification of America continues.
I was talking about the dogs that don't make it into the police department. You do realize not every dog can be trained or disciplined? The ones that flunk can not be adopted as pets legally because they have been attempted to be trained to be an agressive animal and could snap at any point. So they are brought to the pound to be put down.
Yup, its amazing that people don't get the fact that simply because he was "raised" to believe that killing dogs for sport was OK, does not justify his actions. If someone was raised by a drug dealer and was arrested for dealing drugs, the Judge would not let him go simply because his Dad was a drug dealer.
Yeah, i do feel bad a little for Vick. His ignorance is costing him a career, but that is life. Jamaal Tinsley has a long rap sheet and he is still hanging out in clubs at 3AM getting shot at. I just hope that it doesn't take the death or imprisonment of more of these athletes to teach the younger ones a lesson about distancing themselves from who they once were.
i wasnt talking about this case specifically, i was talking about animal lovers caring more about animals then people. when i see somebody with those little dogs that look like cats i want to puke. or people driving with a loose dog in the car...yeah lets ban motherfuckin use of phones while driving but not dogs doing whatever they want in the car.
and your damn right PETA motherfuckers are a bunch of hypocrats who got nothing better to do then waste everyone elses time with it. I dont see them going after those breeders that are just keeping the dogs there for one purpose...to make money...and you are telling me thats not animal abuse?
why doesnt darfur get even close attention as this case...a lot worse shit going on over there
I agree with the PETA statement though. I have actually heard a PETA state that killing a fish is like killing a child. I really couldn't believe what I was hearing. PETA does indeed go way overboard with some of their crap.
Hosnatcher, I don't really believe that a dog that costs thousands of dollars to buy would be destroyed. The K-9 officers here buy their own dogs and keep them at their house. They are required to build a fenced in area for the dog and the dog is theirs to keep.
Hosnatcher, I don't really believe that a dog that costs thousands of dollars to buy would be destroyed. The K-9 officers here buy their own dogs and keep them at their house. They are required to build a fenced in area for the dog and the dog is theirs to keep.
it is mainly about celebrity which is what i was trying to get across. the rancher who killed over 100 horese and dogs nobody cares about, mike vick does it and we want to kill him, like we suddenly care now because vick did it but didn't give a you know what before when the rancher did it.
race does play a small part of it as well. you can tell just by alot of the responses on which i assume is a majority white forum that you really don't mind the sentence even though it doesn't really fit the crime. i suspect if it were a white famous celeb like brady you'd have more forgiveness on this forum.
race does play a small part of it as well. you can tell just by alot of the responses on which i assume is a majority white forum that you really don't mind the sentence even though it doesn't really fit the crime. i suspect if it were a white famous celeb like brady you'd have more forgiveness on this forum.
