I am completely worn out with all this sanctimonious and blatantly self righteous outrage with regards Michael Vick. These were DOGS people! Not humans, but DOGS! Where to start? I agree that the treatment of these animals is somewhat unpleasant and surely don’t condone such behavior but lets be objective and honest in our analysis. We live in a country where child molesters routinely serve sentences less than three years. Some murderers are let out of jail in less than ten. Many rapists serve less than six years. This is simply a reality of our judicial system. The peculiar thing here is how no one is running to Vick’s defense.
Where are all the liberal apologists for Vick’s behavior? Hasn’t his environment impacted his egregious choices? Hasn’t our oppressive society had a negative impact on poor Michael Vick? Shouldn’t he be rehabilitated instead of imprisoned in our racially biased penal system? Or are dogs the only animal on the planet we treat sacrosanct?
We rightfully slaughter animals for dinner (the food chain is a part of the natural order of things). Are all these outraged citizens vegetarians? We rightfully hunt animals for sport. Do we really believe that every deer, buck, bear or whatever gets a perfect kill shot? Or do you think it’s possible some get hit with an arrow and then painfully starve to death after escaping? We fish. Do you think it’s pleasurable for the fish while they fight for their lives with a hook in their mouth? We race horses around tracks and bet on them, then put them down if they get injured. We even bet on two grown men beating the hell out of each other, sometimes until accidental death, and almost always to some form of brain damage. But oh my, Vick bet on dogs killing each other and treated the losers horribly. For this, we needed the full weight of the federal government and possible RICO violations that could have gotten him 20 years. I sure sleep better at night knowing the federal government and Americans have their priorities straight.