Posted on 11/24/2010 6:44:33 AM PST by Superstu321
He served 21 months in prison plus two months of home confinement. Add to that an epic public relations nightmare and the scorn of millions of people for an atrocious crime.
Warranted? Sure. However, after two years of paying his debt to society, there are still some wanting to re-prosecute him for that same crime only because he finds himself in the public spotlight again. But with Thanksgiving upon us this is as good a time as any for us to forgive Michael Vick for his heinous and disgusting crimes.
Over the last two weeks there hasnt been a hotter team in the NFL than the Philadelphia Eagles. Their quarterback, Michael Vick has been playing at a new level and was the catalyst for a resurgent Eagles offense. But the positive on-field attention the Eagles have garnered has also come with a wave of bad publicity specifically surrounding Vicks past arrest for financing and participating in a multi-state dog fighting ring.
A lot of the anger is compounded by the fact that Eagles have been in the national spotlight two weeks in a row with a Monday night and then a Sunday night game. That coupled with Vicks outstanding play makes it difficult to ignore, but is it time for America as a whole, to forgive him?
(Excerpt) Read more at threefingersofpolitics.com ...
Times change. In pre-industrial times dogs were bred to perform laborsaving tasks for humans. The work was tough & the dogs were ultimately replaceable no matter how good they were at their tasks.
Now dogs, regardless of their original purpose or in-bred instincts, are viewed primarily as pets.
He’s a piece of garbage. Those dogs were worth ten of him.
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