Posted on 08/16/2009 4:22:48 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
Here is a video clip from tonight's interview to air on CBS News 60 Minutes with NFL Quarterback Michael Vick, who has signed to play with the Philadelphia Eagles after leaving prison a few weeks ago.
James Brown interviewed Vick and asked him "What About the Dogs?" He was asking why he beat, shot, and electrocuted dogs in a dog-fighting operation that landed the former Atlanta Falcons Quarterback in prison. Vick responded "It was wrong, J.B., it was wrong." . . . . (Watch Video)
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If he had not been caught, Vick would still be torturing and killing dogs.
He’s a liar, a thug and a great credit to his race.
If he had not been caught, Vick would still be torturing and killing dogs.
Exactly right.
A person doesn't change a lifetime of attitudes and associations overnight but give the guy a chance. He did his time. Perhaps these very expensive and painful lessons have put him on a better path of life. Not saying a good path but a better path than he had been on.
Of course it was wrong.
The trouble is, Vick also described it as a mistake. No, a mistake is when you send an e-mail to the wrong recipient. Vick made a conscious decision to purchase the property, then to start up the Bad Newz Kennels, then to bankroll it with the money he made from his ridiculously inflated NFL contracts (his rookie contract was worth $62 million, his extension was worth $100 million), then to begin a dogfighting ring, then to train the dogs to fight, then to gamble on those fights, then to torture and kill the losing dogs.
None of that is accidental. It is deliberate. It is the result of conscious, informed choices.
Personally, I think Vick is unrepentant, and he probably thinks the only “mistake” he made was getting caught. I also note that two years in prison have done nothing to wipe that “I’m better than you” look off his face. The prisoners probably treated him like a king.
You been a bad chile
You done wrong
When de dogs chases you a**
Try singing dis song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He82NBjJqf8
My gosh..he paid his sentence to society. And he did it without complaining. What about mercy and forgiveness? I was listening to the story today of a pastor who know only forgave the man who murdered his father (28 years later), but spoke out for his release from prison and then took him in to his home.
I am a dog lover, but ENOUGH OF THIS. What message does this send? No matter what you do in your life, you can never be forgiven. I like what he said, hopefully he will help more dogs than he hurt. What would be enough for you God fearing people?
I was wondering when I would run into God.
He is without value.
Just wondering.....
When will the focus be more on the large number of blacks being killed in the inner cities....by other blacks....than on dogs?
A great loss to the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Flag Football Team, the “Fighting Cons”.
Well, he’s got Tony Dungy to mentor him. That man is a true Christian who eschews the victim mentality. Vick will need an example of a true strong Black Man around him.
What has his race got to do with it? Bigot.
Grow up in a world where you young black men are more likely to die in a drive by shooting than go to college or be killed in Iraq and you have a very different view of life. If you have become immune to the sting of seeing your friends and family killed for no reason other than belonging to the wrong gang, or flashing the wrong gang signal, you most likely don't think a second thought about dogs being tortured and killed.
I am not condoning what he did, just saying that he, and Joe Namtath and Barney Frank and those who live that rarefied atmosphere of stardom or high-level politics, live in a world so different from mainstream, working Americans that it's really difficult to know what he knew or didn't know about what was going on.
He was caught and took the punishment that was meted out without complaint. He completed his sentence and has voiced what sounds like, at least to me, regret for what he did. Only God can know the true content of his heart. Short of that I think we need to understand that our opinion of him, what he did, the punishment he received, the attitude he's had since being released and his ability to earn a living doing the thing he's really good at is just that our opinion. And you know what they say about opinions!
Please don't think I am apologizing for him or attempting to justify his actions. I am trying to treat him as I would want to be treated if the roles were reversed.
I ran into him in a bar last month.
The reason answer: he liked it.
[James Brown] was asking why he beat, shot, and electrocuted dogs....Vick responded "It was wrong, J.B., it was wrong."
The real answer: he liked it.
Thank you for that well reasoned response. I agree 100%. I just don’t know what some here would like him to do.
Keep looking. My opinion of what his attitude is not judgment, it is merely a description.
I'm not sitting in judgement about this decision that was made - but I can't get the revulsion & the picture out of my head.
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