...three of your friends agree to a plea agreement against you leaving you no option but to confess to your cowardly crimes. Now after months of deny, deny, deny, Michael Vick has accepted to plead guilty to dog fighting and gambling charges. Seriously, was there really any doubt to this?
Vick is no stranger to controversy which makes it even funnier that people have and will continue to defend this guy. In 2005 a woman sued Vick saying she contracted genital herpes from him in 2002. She also said Vick had visited clinics using the alias Ron Mexico as to keep his identity concealed. In 2006 the case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. Settling a lawsuit like that doesn't make you innocent or guilty, but perception is golden.
Last year after a loss at home to the New Orleans Saints, fans had booed Vick's poor performance. While leaving the field Vick decided to respond by flipping them off and getting into a verbal spat as security rushed him into the locker room. Remember Vick, it's the fans that make you who you are. Don't bite the hand that feeds you!
(See pictures below)
In January of this year Vick was stopped from boarding a plane in Miami because he didn't want to give up his water bottle. (water bottles are not allowed on planes) Thus making him suspicious they confiscated his bottle to find a secret compartment that was believed to hide marijuana. After tests came back negative for illegal drugs, all charges were dropped against him. Once again I add, perception is golden. Give up your damn water bottle!
(A video from Saturday Night Live making fun of Vick)
Now we come to the dog fighting charges. In April feds raided a house in Virginia that was owned by Vick for illegal dog fighting. Vick denied having anything to do with the dog fighting and wanted us all to wait until the truth came out. Then, in July, Vick and three other men were indicted for felony and misdemeanor charges for gambling and interstate dog fighting. They even had a name for their operation, Bad Newz Kennels. Once again an indictment doesn't mean guilt, but this was a federal grand jury we're talking about.
Soon after, one by one, Vick's "great" friends accepted plea deals to testify against Vick. Even saying in court last week that Vick was the head guy in the operation and was personally there for the fighting and execution of dogs. Executions such as hanging, drowning and electrocution. Are you freakin' kidding me?
This is one of the most disgusting things I think I have ever heard of. And I don't want to hear the excuses that these are just dogs or this is part of a culture. This is outright ridiculous. Anyone who has ever owned and seriously cared about a pet, especially a dog, will agree that there are real emotional attachments you can get with your pets. When some lose their pet it's just like losing a loved one. And for some people all they have are their pets.
And this garbage about "the culture." Really? What culture? A sick, twisted, inhumane culture? So dog fighting has deep roots, history and tradition in the South. Yeah, well so did slavery, but we got rid of that a while ago. Some "traditions" shouldn't be continued and this is definitely one of them. Forcing dogs to fight by pumping them full of steroids, treating them inhumanely so they'll be more "aggressive" and then killing them if they're too "weak" is flat out a crime. Anyone who disagrees is a coward, plain and simple. Maybe people who do this live vicariously through their tough "champion dogs" because said person in real life is nothing but a sad, pathetic, weak coward.
Way to go Michael Vick. You did the same thing with your blustering football career and endorsements the same way you played quarterback on Sundays; you threw it away! I always knew there was something I didn't like about Michael Vick. Good luck in the federal penal league. Maybe I'll see you in the next "Longest Yard" movie, scumbag!
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