You apparently didn’t read past the first four words of my post.
I read it ... and a lifetime of bad decisions is a matter of his lack of intelligence - not a measure of the twisted depths of a depraved soul.
Having a family full of bad decision-makers, indicates that Vick is .... well, stupid. Call him dumb, stupid, even a moron. He can see bad decisions, he can see the results of bad decisions, but is incapable of learning from bad decisions. That speaks of a lack of intellect. Low IQ - however you opt to classify it.
But, getting aroused and motivated by watching a dog get torn apart - that is NOT a bad decision. Torturing a dog that doesn’t win - and is already badly hurt - that is NOT a bad decision. That is a sick and depraved action of a sick, perverted soul.
Some people eagerly seek out to do things - that a ‘normal’ person could never be forced to do. If necessary, I will kill a dog - but you can bet my life, or the lives of my loved ones on one fact.
I will not torture that animal, I will not get pleasure from watching the animal suffer, and I will not prolong the agony of that animal. It will be quick, it will be as humane as possible.
What Vick did - is something that he relished, that he enjoyed, that he fantasized about doing. The longer the animal suffered, the more it was tortured - the greater Vick’s enthusiasm.
This is not a case of ‘poor judgement’, anymore than the kidnapping, rape, torture and murder of a 3 yr old girl is a ‘bad decision’.