[Emperor Palpatine]

No, its called letting the punishment fit the crime.

You are sadly deficient in your Gilbert & Sullivan

;=)

[rawhide]

No idea what you mean by your G&S analogy? Sad to say, your punishment of Vick far, far exceeds what Vick did, no matter how you look at it. I am sad to think a FReeper could even think the way you do, with your twisted view of the proper punishment.

Vick paid the price for his crime and pay he should, but never in the way you suggested with your idea of a twisted punishment. And now that he has paid that price, it is time for others to let him go on with his life. Very few people in his position ever come close to bouncing back the way he did. I am glad he realizes what he did was wrong and he is speaking out against that. He will never be perfect, and he will always have to carry this crime on his shoulders. But there has to come a time where others have to learn to forgive him. It has to be earned, this forgiveness, and I think Vick is trying to do that with his off-field actions.

If you can never forgive him, no matter how much he attones for his crime, then I feel really sorry for you! May God never judge you the way you judge others.