You bet.
I have a problem with federal laws regarding animal fighting (I see no federal issue with animal fighting), having said that he broke the law and deserves jail time.
Vick’s punishment should come from the NFL. Banning Vick from football would amount to a $50,000,000.00 fine. That is sufficient punishment, and such a punishment does not rely on giving rights to a dog as a basis for legal reasoning.
Fining and caning would work for a whole lot of crimes.
Vick already knows he’s going to jail.
The Falcons could have drafted LaDainian Tomlinson instead of Vick. That still makes me giggle.
Animal abuse has been a crime since Mr. Bergh started the New York SPCA back in the 1880s. The impetus for Mr. Bergh's campaign was that brutality to animals encourages brutality to humans and debases the abuser. He saw plenty of that on the mean streets of Manhattan.
And a highly organized dogfighting organization like Vick's also leads to other crimes -- gambling, racketeering, theft, etc. Not to mention the cruelty of killing the "underperformers" in highly sadistic ways like electrocution, drowning and beating. That tells you that these people have a screw loose and it was only a matter of time before they turned to humans for their kicks.
If the same situation were to happen to Donovan McNabb, Peyton Manning, or LaDainian Tomlinson, the story would have an entirely different importance. Their teams need them.
The Eagles won the division without McNabb at the helm last season. He’s the most overrated QB in the game, who choked in the Super Bowl [literally vomited in the huddle], yet continues to be held up as a gold standard for his position.
Rush was right about this guy: he’s a media darling that the left wing sports press is openly rooting for on the basis of liberal white guilt, and their outcry over his comments proved his point.
If the guy that has a $20,000 job can’t get off by sobbing that he’s already lost his employment, then Vick shouldn’t either.
Vick’s personal financial losses should matter not to the court.
Sure, why not?
Why do they keep defending this guy? He’s pleading guilty, and he’ll get what the law indicates he should get.
If any of us got sent to prison, would there be all this whining and crying? I know the guy can throw a football, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t responsible for his actions.
“He was a champion, of sorts, for one half of the segregated South.”
What-the segregated South? This guy doesn’t get south of the Mason Dixon line much.
“Does Michael Vick Really Deserve Prison Time?”
He was the kingpin in an illegal interstate gambling operation where people bet on dogs killing each other.
Duh!
Yes,. he certainly does.
And I don’t understand anyone that believes otherwise.
Yes.
Next question please.
“He was a champion, of sorts, for one half of the segregated South.”
The funny thing is that in a lot of ways the South is less segregated than the north and the mid-atlantic. I’ve lived in all three and black and white folks generally live in closer proximity jn the south and you tend not to see huge onerace enclaves in the South.
I’d say 20 years without the possibility of parole would be about right for this low-life thug.
DOES MICHAEL VICK DESERVE JAIL TIME?
Yes. A mistake is when you dial a wrong number or forget your briefcase. His torture of animals was planned and enjoyed — otherwise he wouldn’t have kept on participating in it and financing it. This is not a mistake. It is evil.
Not just "yes," but "Hell Yes."
He won't get enough.