“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
Gandhi

Might as well. Seems like no one wants him to be able to do anything anyway. I can’t help but laugh and be saddened at the same time when I see him held in a similar regard to a Nazi war criminal. Vick did something horrible for certain. His situaiton, however, mirrors those of clients I work with and sheds a light on why cycles keep repeating. It also shows the hipocracy of people in this country. Let me ask a question that I’ll revisit later. How many PETA protestors show up at Preakness, the Kentucky Derby or Belmont Stakes? The crux of this whole issue is not what Mike Vick did, but what he’ll do now. I don’t mean showing contrition, or speaking out about animal cruelty. I mean the fact tha people want to see him suffer. He went bankrupt on the strength of sponsors backing off and the Falcons reclaiming money. So beyond losing any prestige from playing in the NFL…he also lost his money. So now we have a broke, unemployed, ex-con who no one wants to touch and what do I keep hearing? That no one should, he should be banned for life from the NFL. No one should hire him. He should curl up in a ball and die. So I say…kill him then. Enact all of your cowardly online declarations and put him out of his misery, make him suffer first like some of you suggest he should. Despite what he’s done, he’s out now. In other situations people always talk about paying your debt and rejoining society. Yet not as many people are willing to hire people with records. So you want them to become productive, but won’t give them a chance to produce? You say what Vick did was too horrible? Well let’s go back to horse racing. People have eased back on running Fillys in certain races…but they still run horses that are a bit too young. Remember Barbaro? That wasn’t a one time freak accident. Despite all the attention that horse got…nothing changed about racing. I still don’t see PETA ads encouraging me not to support horse racing. There’s not commercial with Sarah McLachlan singing in the background while images of sad looking horses are displayed. The interesting thing about horses (and why it was considered a mercy to shoot one with a broken leg) is that running is a central part of their life. They naturally run…like when they experience pain they try to run from it. So a horse with a broken leg would hurt it self even more trying to escape the pain it’s feeling. Even worse is the actual build of a horses leg and how damage can compound. Most people would rather kill the horse than spend the money it would take to properly care for it in that situaiton. Dogs are cuter and easier to own. I don’t hear any outcry over people making insects fight. I guess a Stag Beetle doesn’t come across as well on a poster. Even worse then the general hatred Vick is getting, has to be sports writers. “We need to know that he’s learned his lesson.” The only way you’ll know is if he’s caught with another dog fighting ring. Other than that how can you tell if he’s sorry. Hell how can you ever tell if any athelete is ever sorry for anything. If they break down in tears complete with sobbing and snot bubbles will that seal it? Maybe if they do a Nancy Kerrigan. What reallly kills me about Sports writers is the “it’s a privilege to play in ‘________’ league”. No it’s not, that’s something nerdy fans who could never get on a team say. People aren’t allowed into professional sports for any other reason than demonstrated ability and even though you’re just a commodity to be used and traded. If it is a privilege, would someone revoke Farves so I don’t have to keep hearing about him playing the, “maybe I will” game. If it’s such a privilege why didn’t they just let Ricky Williams retire instead of taking back money he made in previous years? My job isn’t a privilege and if have issues and resign they don’ demand money back. Hell you can turn down awards and they don’t demand anything from you. All of this makes Michael Vicks situation so much more ironic to me. It’s not like he’s just going to rake in Millions of dollars. Who’s going to sponsor him now? Jason Taylor has never broken the law and he got a miniscule contract this year considering his body of work. Vick would be lucky to be a special teams player….yet people will still be pissed because he isn’t being made to suffer. So kill him. That way I won’t have to watch this spectacle any longer. I won’t have to turn on the news and see a 20 reporters standing on his lawn while legally he can’t even speak to them to tell them to get off of it. I won’t have to watch him absorb hits and play through pain. I’m sure you can think up more ways for him to suffer. So implement them all.