The difference between pedophilia and animal cruelty is simply which innocent victim happens to be handy at the moment.
The evil is the same. It has been proven time and time again that the mentality of the perpetrator is the same, evidenced by how many pedophiles, rapists and serial killers started out practicing their “craft” on animals before “graduating” to people.
There is a vast difference in saying that since Vick “served his time” for this particular crime and heaping accolades and money on him while touting him as a role model for the young.
I apologize for that last horribly formed sentence.
There is a difference between simply re-entering society with contrition and te manner in which Vick is touted by the media and in this case, politicians.
While I agree that animal cruelty is a proving ground for more horrible evils in the future, (that in itself proves that pedophilia is a greater evil) your statement in which someone chooses animal cruelty or pedophilia as their evil is based on who or what is available at said time of such offense doesn't logically make sense. Can you state evidence to that fact?