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Conrad Black, say hello to Michael Vick
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December 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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Vick broke the law and he should pay, but the punishment is too severe. Not only does he have to sit in a cell for at least 18 months, but he's also been banned from his job indefinitely, and the Falcons want their 20 million dollars back. Vick will be below the poverty line when he gets out! And for what? He killed 6 dogs. We're not talking about cute, cuddly, friendly dogs. We're talking about pitbulls- vicious, soulless, ignorant, wretched beasts! Now, I don't see why anyone would get a kick out of watching two dumb animals go at it, but I'd rather hear about them killing each other than hear about one of them killing another kid while his father is away at war. I'm not saying that it's ok to kill them for sport. I think it is wrong. But in this case, the punishment doesn't fit the crime. We watch boxers and UFC fighters beat each other unconscious and no one goes to jail. I saw a guy pull another man's arm until it broke in two and no one arrested him. They gave him a championship belt and a bunch of money!
There have been athletes who died on the field and in the ring. These sports haven't been banned and no one was charged with a crime. You might say those people had a choice. Well so do the dogs. They don't have to be trained to fight to the death, they do it instinctively. They were bred for over two centuries to be killers! It's what they do!
I'm not one to play the race card, but those who do have a pretty significant argument here. When investigators searched Vick's home on April 25, dogfighting was a MISDEMEANOR punishible by up to ONE year in prison. Eight days later, President Bush signed a bill that made it a felony. (A white man with more canine victims who also lied in court got less than a year...after the change in the law.)You may have to look back to Bush's days as governor of Texas. Texas executed more blacks than all the other 49 states combined. And let's not forget about New Orleans. You may say that this case has nothing to do with race, but trust me, if Bush is involved, racism is involved.
Posted by: Dru | Dec 11, 2007 11:59:08 PM
the way David is all OCD'ing about PETA this, PETA that, you'd think he would be trying to defend Vick.
Like it or not, PETA has 1.8 million members, and the top creatives in their pocket.
They're also smart enough to know creatives are cheap, and will work hard on a pro bono ad if the contest awards its winner w/ free Apple products.
noticed you didn't use their Hill Holiday ads... or their w+k ads... both of which certainly don't suck.
Posted by: sean | Dec 12, 2007 6:16:33 PM
It's highly unlikely Vick will be out in a year due to the fact that on a 23 month sentence he really only has to serve around 19 months due to the good conduct credit time off that he gets. He also has to be designated to an insitution, be deemed RDAP eligible, and then wait for a spot in an RDAP class. All that takes time. He may not even start a program for 2-3 months as the classes are usually booked up months in advance. So, by the time he hits an RDAP yard, he'll be down to 16 months left, then the BOP will credit him for the month he's already been in. The program itself takes 9 months to complete, that leaves 7 months, and he has to spend 6 months in custody at a halfway house as a program requirement. So maybe he'll get all of a month off. BIG DEAL!
Larry Levine
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www.americanprisonconsultants.com
Posted by: Larry Levine | Dec 13, 2007 7:31:44 AM
